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The 'ol horse meat switch-a-roo
http://www.thelocal.se/46076/20130208/#.URYUU44_15g
Anyone ever tried horse meat? Whats it like?
Total recall for Swedish horse-meat lasagne
Swedish food company Findus has recalled its frozen single-portion lasagne after samples were found to contain up to 90 percent horse meat.
Findus withdrew the 375 gramme product after its Luxembourg supplier, Comigel, warned that it contained a high percentage of horse meat.
However, the Swedish company assured customers the presence of horse meat did not pose a health hazard.
"We have been assured from the supplier that it is not a health risk for consumers. Had it been a risk, it would be another story" Henrik Nyberg, head of production at Findus in Sweden, told the TT news agency.
Meanwhile, the Findus product has caused a storm in the UK, where it has also been taken off the shelves, with Findus UK apologizing to customers.
"We understand this it is a very sensitive subject for consumers and we would like to reassure you we have reacted immediately" a spokesman told the AFP news agency.
Swedish customers with the product at home have been advised to return it, or to contact Findus online or by telephone.
The company stressed that only the 375 gramme frozen lasagne product contained horse meat, and that their other products had no connection to the horse meat at all.
Swedish food company Findus has recalled its frozen single-portion lasagne after samples were found to contain up to 90 percent horse meat.
Findus withdrew the 375 gramme product after its Luxembourg supplier, Comigel, warned that it contained a high percentage of horse meat.
However, the Swedish company assured customers the presence of horse meat did not pose a health hazard.
"We have been assured from the supplier that it is not a health risk for consumers. Had it been a risk, it would be another story" Henrik Nyberg, head of production at Findus in Sweden, told the TT news agency.
Meanwhile, the Findus product has caused a storm in the UK, where it has also been taken off the shelves, with Findus UK apologizing to customers.
"We understand this it is a very sensitive subject for consumers and we would like to reassure you we have reacted immediately" a spokesman told the AFP news agency.
Swedish customers with the product at home have been advised to return it, or to contact Findus online or by telephone.
The company stressed that only the 375 gramme frozen lasagne product contained horse meat, and that their other products had no connection to the horse meat at all.
Anyone ever tried horse meat? Whats it like?
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id give it a shot, although, of i was told it contained beef and did not contain beef id be furious
although sometimes the fda screws things up, im so glad we arent gettin 80% ground raccoon instead of beef
although sometimes the fda screws things up, im so glad we arent gettin 80% ground raccoon instead of beef
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I still fail to see what is wrong with eating horse, or dog, or whatever animal, so long as it's marketed as such and properly cooked. I do, however, draw the line at eating people.
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I don't think it's about horse meat it's more about being substituted for beef and the high residual chemicals. Here in Australia we have a few restaurants serving horse and some exotic meats like Kangaroo, Emu, Camel and Crocodile but haven't seen Koala bear, Goanna, Porcupine or Wombats yet although the indigenous tribes did/do plus a few i've missed.
