Comments on: Horsemeat and Pork Found in Burger Meat?!

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:10:25 +0000

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/01/170873657/wheres-the-beef-burger-king-finds-horsemeat-in-its-patties

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By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:13:28 +0000

Aliecat, go to Clancey’s in Linden Hills. They butcher and dry age an entire cow and then grind it for their ground beef. It is yummy. The last time we got it, we made hamburgers from it using Kenji’s smashburger method, then ate them on homemade potato buns. No ketchup, no nothing. Just salt. Heaven.

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By: Aliecat

Aliecat — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:34:49 +0000

Eh, I wouldn’t be pissed if I unknowingly ate horse meat. Hell, I was kind of disappointed it wasn’t offered in the restaurants I went to in France. I worked in a butcher shop for 3 years in high school, and honestly, horse would be the least of the problems with ground beef (left over beef from the previous day was ground into the new). I’m to the point now where I only buy ground sirloin (I’m considering making the switch to a higher end butcher and having cuts of meat ground by the butcher). I wish there were more stand alone butcher shops in the area.

Mostly, I kind of miss working in a butcher shop, it was strangely fun.

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By: Alissa

Alissa — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:00:12 +0000

Horsemeat would disturb me. In the U.S. it’s akin to eating dogs; horses are pets or work animals, not food. But I suppose it’s perfectly acceptable to eat horsemeat elsewhere.

The main thing is that whatever the package says is what should be in it. Period.

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By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:54:46 +0000

I have eaten horse meat … and I thought it was beef at the time. I honestly could not tell the difference, so I can see how it could slip by.

That said, I was irritated that I didn’t know. I don’t have a huge problem with eating horse, but I should know I am eating it.

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By: Irving Washington

Irving Washington — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:41:36 +0000

Worked in a butcher’s shop for a summer when I was young – we used to call it, “Lung, Bung, and Tongue!”. Enjoy!

Cheers!

Irving

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By: lefty

lefty — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:39:41 +0000

In an unrelated article that surfaced when searching “Ireland” and “Meat”.

“Tesco strikes up exclusive contract with Steak America to provide all meat product to their flagship store and its burgeoning franchise empire.”

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By: NW Rochester Guy

NW Rochester Guy — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:35:29 +0000

My dad worked briefly at a butcher shop when he was younger. He never ate any sausage or hot dogs after seeing how they are made/what is in them.

I doubt horse meat is the worst thing found in our food, but I do think it’s a problem.

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By: w00dz

w00dz — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:25:54 +0000

If you advertise “hamburger” it should be as stated, not with other add-ins. You see other foods, such as hot dogs, brats etc that say it may contain other meat products/fillers.

Did this report say if it was spread out across both retail and consumer foods such as grocery vs. fast food etc?

The short of it is, advertise accurately. Religious beliefs are one thing, but if persons are allergic to certain foods, that causes an issue.

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By: Mikeh

Mikeh — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:35:01 +0000

If the food was labeled as Kosher and it was found to be contaminated, that would be a problem. I’m not sure what the USDA requirements are for cross contamination and at what point calling it Ground “Beef” is no longer a valid claim. But since I don’t look for nor require Kosher food, it would be a personal non issue.

If i found out the ground beef I received was 29% horse meat, I’d be surprised and curious what was causing so many horses to be slaughtered. But assuming all the animals that went into my ground meat were safe to eat, I do not believe I’d freak out. To be honest, I’m more queasy about all the dead insects and various animal feces that end up in our food system than if a horse ended up there.

My take is that this is Ireland. I don’t know what their meat processing economy is like, so I don’t know how valid such contamination may be. But with only 6.4 million people and 84,421 square kilometers in area, my guess is they do not have a large selection of facilities for processing meat, thus cross contamination may be more common as a course of business than the U.S. (over 315 million people and 9,826,675 square kilometers in area) i.e. if a machine goes bad in South Dakota, then 10% of the U.S. throws away their chickens, and doesn’t have chicken for a couple days as the various other processing plants fill in the gap and the price for chicken goes lower. My guess is that if a machine goes bad in Ireland, half the country throws away their chicken and much of the country has less chicken for a month and the price gets higher.

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