[UK] Horse meat found in Ikea meatballs

Page 1 of 3 [ 38 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Tequila
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 28,897
Location: Lancashire, UK

25 Feb 2013, 10:29 am

Quote:

Horse meat found in Ikea meatballs

Ikea has withdrawn a batch meatballs from sale in its British stores after they were found to contain with horse meat.

The Czech state veterinary administration found the contamination in 1kg (2.2lb) packs of frozen meatballs, which are sold in Ikea stores around the world.

Ikea said it is taken the result "seriously" and is removing the meatballs from sale in countries across Europe.

The inspectors took samples for DNA tests in the city of Brno from a product labelled as "beef and pork meatballs", the statement said.

Fnord
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 May 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 60,941
Location:

25 Feb 2013, 10:56 am

Either the authorities crack down harder on 'tainted' beef, or people get used to the idea of eating horsemeat.

_________________
The mere fact that science may not yet adequately explain an object, event, or experience does not mean the immediate explanation should automatically default to a conspiratorial, extraterrestrial, paranormal, or supernatural cause.

NewDawn
Deinonychus

Joined: 31 Aug 2012
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Posts: 306
Location: Netherlands

25 Feb 2013, 3:07 pm

Fnord wrote:

Either the authorities crack down harder on 'tainted' beef...

The EU won´t let them. That´s just the problem. The Schengen treaty prohibits systematic border controls. This doesn´t only lead to horsemeat of unknown origin getting into the food industry, but much more serious problems like illegal immegrants, exploitation of east Europeans looking for a job and human trafficking.

Tequila
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 28,897
Location: Lancashire, UK

25 Feb 2013, 3:12 pm

NewDawn wrote:

The EU is to blame for this situation, by helping to close down the cheap meat-based industry in the UK and closing many British abbatoirs.

Fnord
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 May 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 60,941
Location:

25 Feb 2013, 3:36 pm

NewDawn wrote:

Fnord wrote:

Either the authorities crack down harder on 'tainted' beef...

The EU won´t let them. That´s just the problem. The Schengen treaty prohibits systematic border controls. This does not only lead to horsemeat of unknown origin getting into the food industry, but much more serious problems like illegal immigrants, exploitation of east Europeans looking for a job and human trafficking.

... then the people should get used to the idea of eating horsemeat.

Tequila
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 28,897
Location: Lancashire, UK

25 Feb 2013, 3:41 pm

Fnord wrote:

... then the people should get used to the idea of eating horsemeat.

The answer comes in a purple and yellow wrapper. More and more people are turning towards it, but not enough are, and not quickly enough.

trollcatman
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Dec 2012
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,919

25 Feb 2013, 4:52 pm

Just label everything with this: Could contain traces of horsemeat.
They do the same thing with peanuts and nuts for the people with allergies.

Apple_in_my_Eye
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 7 May 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,420
Location: in my brain

25 Feb 2013, 5:09 pm

Deregulation always make everything better, see?

Cash__
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 Nov 2010
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,390
Location: Missouri

25 Feb 2013, 9:18 pm

It does say "meat"balls and horse is considered meat.

trollcatman
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Dec 2012
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,919

25 Feb 2013, 9:40 pm

Cash__ wrote:

It does say "meat"balls and horse is considered meat.

It said on the package it contains beef and pork.
It's been found in supermarkets, school meals, elderly care units... by now every Brit who is not a vegetarian has probably eaten horsemeat.

Tequila
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 28,897
Location: Lancashire, UK

25 Feb 2013, 9:42 pm

trollcatman wrote:

It's been found in supermarkets, school meals, elderly care units... by now every Brit who is not a vegetarian has probably eaten horsemeat.

Certainly anyone who has eaten supermarket meat probably has a high likelihood of having consumed something that has contained it at some point.

trollcatman
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Dec 2012
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,919

25 Feb 2013, 9:52 pm

Tequila wrote:

trollcatman wrote:

It's been found in supermarkets, school meals, elderly care units... by now every Brit who is not a vegetarian has probably eaten horsemeat.

Certainly anyone who has eaten supermarket meat probably has a high likelihood of having consumed something that has contained it at some point.

Especially since it's probably been going on for years. And now when they start looking for it it's everywhere. I wonder what happens to all the stuff they pulled. Will they destroy it all for often containing miniscule amounts of horsemeat (in the article they found some stuff with 2% horsemeat)? Will they feed it to the pigs, or will they keep it out of the foodchain because they don't trust it at all?

Something else to wonder about... if you don't want to eat horses, do you want to eat pork from a pig that has been fed horsemeat? Because when dead horses are not eaten by humans they probably end up in pigfood or catfood.

Cash__
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 Nov 2010
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,390
Location: Missouri

25 Feb 2013, 10:48 pm

Why is it OK to eat other animals, but taboo to eat horse? Its just an arbitrary cultural norm.

I've had horse. The only thing I couldn't decide is whether it would be paired better with a pale ale or a larger.

Shatbat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Feb 2012
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,791
Location: Where two great rivers meet

25 Feb 2013, 10:58 pm

^

Is there something intrinsically bad about horsemeat, or it's just cultural conditioning?

_________________
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. - Winston Churchill

trollcatman
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Dec 2012
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,919

25 Feb 2013, 11:09 pm

Cash__ wrote:

I believe horsemeat is not kosher. I also think religious dietary laws are silly, but people should still be informed of the ingredients and make the decision whether to eat types of meat for themselves.

Personally I don't have a problem with eating horses. When I was a young, we sometimes ate horsesteak and it was pretty good. Horsemeat is often also used in frikandel:

Shatbat wrote:

^

Is there something intrinsically bad about horsemeat, or it's just cultural conditioning?

It's cultural. Horsemeat is fairly healthy, it contains more iron than beef.

Dragoness
Deinonychus

Joined: 4 Feb 2013
Gender: Female
Posts: 375

25 Feb 2013, 11:13 pm

trollcatman wrote:

Something else to wonder about... if you don't want to eat horses, do you want to eat pork from a pig that has been fed horsemeat? Because when dead horses are not eaten by humans they probably end up in pigfood or catfood.

^Or dogfood, in my country.

By the way, am I the only one here who thought Ikea was just a furniture store?

Page 1 of 3 [ 38 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next

Jump to:

[UK] Horse meat found in Ikea meatballs Post Reply New Topic

[UK] Horse meat found in Ikea meatballs