Give meat to needy (From York Press)
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Give meat to needy
11:20am Saturday 9th February 2013 in Letters By Reader's letter
IT HAS been reported that supermarkets have withdrawn beef lasagne and some ready meals since one such meal proved to contain 80 per cent horse meat.
One store has stated it has removed the meals from the shelves in order to have its own investigation. In the meantime, it is alleged that ten million beef burgers have been discarded.
There are regular stories in the media of strife-ridden countries, Africa, for example, where thousands of children and families are starving. These unfortunate people would be glad of any meat, and horsemeat would probably be a luxury.
Surely there must be a way to distribute this food surplus to these needy places?
J Beisly, Osprey Close, York.
Comments(11)
ColdAsChristmas
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1:51pm Sat 9 Feb 13
I was disappointed this morning by the comments made by the member for Thirsk and Malton that eating horse meat was not a part of the culture of this country.
If throwing out allegedly good food while our people are hungry is our culture then I believe that the lady has a big problem.
And yes, she strongly believes in global warming.
inthesticks
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1:57pm Sat 9 Feb 13
Yorkborneinbse
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2:25pm Sat 9 Feb 13
inthesticks wrote:May I say, and so are you. Horse meet, Ostrich Meat, dog meat, or whatever meat is used, whilst it may be acceptable to retail it in some Countries, they will know exactly what it is. We didnt. This is the prime reason the recent events are so unacceptable, and distasteful. Excuse the pun.
Totally missing the point there. It`s not the horse meat that is the issue - it`s the cancer causing drugs that the horses have been given, therefore the meat is not fit for human consumption.
In this case, we didn't know Beef Lasagne, Beef burgers contained Horse meat. Why? because in our culture, not many would have bought them.
Horse meat was not declared on the packaging, and the Packaging and Labelling regulations 2011, are very clear on the rules on this.
There will be a simple reason for this, and it will no doubt be because of profiteering by some. If Horse meat, pound for pound was more expensive than Beef, we wouldn't be discussing this Issue, cancer causing antibiotics or not.
inthesticks
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2:55pm Sat 9 Feb 13
Yorkborneinbse wrote:You may say, it`s your opinion and you are entitled to it.
inthesticks wrote:May I say, and so are you. Horse meet, Ostrich Meat, dog meat, or whatever meat is used, whilst it may be acceptable to retail it in some Countries, they will know exactly what it is. We didnt. This is the prime reason the recent events are so unacceptable, and distasteful. Excuse the pun.
Totally missing the point there. It`s not the horse meat that is the issue - it`s the cancer causing drugs that the horses have been given, therefore the meat is not fit for human consumption.
In this case, we didn't know Beef Lasagne, Beef burgers contained Horse meat. Why? because in our culture, not many would have bought them.
Horse meat was not declared on the packaging, and the Packaging and Labelling regulations 2011, are very clear on the rules on this.
There will be a simple reason for this, and it will no doubt be because of profiteering by some. If Horse meat, pound for pound was more expensive than Beef, we wouldn't be discussing this Issue, cancer causing antibiotics or not.
My issue is letter writer may think it`s OK to send what we don`t want to the needy, my issue is that they don`t want the cancer causing drugs either.
I happen to think that the drugs within the meat are a bigger scandal than the fact that the meat was not the meat you thought it was. However, you and many others may not be bothered about that and think the mislabelling of the meat is the bigger issue. I am more concerned about cancer than the thought of eating horse meat (as wrong as it is to make money out of putting a cheaper substitute meat in a product.)
Sillybillies
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7:17pm Sat 9 Feb 13
Buzz Light-year says...
12:45pm Sat 9 Feb 13
A nice idea in theory but animals not bred for human consumption are given supplements which can remain in the meat and can be harmful to humans.
Something overlooked by most commentators on this subject.
Most eloquently and elegantly put Buzz, and still being forgotten.
anistasia
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5:48am Sun 10 Feb 13
Silver
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8:14pm Sun 10 Feb 13
Proper slice of humble pie there
ColdAsChristmas
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1:47am Mon 11 Feb 13
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I'm sure the horse meat eaten in France, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands will be fit for our food chain and if that is the case here it should not be wasted.
If it is not fit then we have a big problem on our hands, especially as we can't ban imports from say the new EU member states where perhaps standards may be somewhat different.
UK horse meat historically ended up in pet foods.
Podlet
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3:17pm Mon 11 Feb 13
ColdAsChristmas
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9:09pm Tue 12 Feb 13
But answer this: if we are to build on the green belt to house an ever growing population then where do you expect our food to come from?
If it's safe to eat it needs correctly labeling and made ready to be consumed. (Where ever)
If it's not fit for human consumption it is either for pet food, depending on those standards or it is destroyed. Simple as that.
Buzz Light-year says...
12:45pm Sat 9 Feb 13
Something overlooked by most commentators on this subject.