Horse flesh

[tagh]

The article refers to a trial for the illegal sale of unfit horseflesh but I wonder how much other unfit animal flesh finds its way onto the market via corrupt vets and farmers?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... ped-owners

[niemeyjt]

Tescos had that problem in the past:

Horsemeat scandal: Tesco reveals 60% content in dish

Some Tesco Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese contains 60% horsemeat, DNA tests by the retailer have found.

The meal, withdrawn from sale on Tuesday, came from the French factory producing Findus beef lasagne, also at the centre of a row over horsemeat.

source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-21418342

The solution - 1) vegetarianism/veganism or 2) support your local butcher and make from scratch.

[tagh]

But is your local butcher trustworthy?

[niemeyjt]

Reading link again it could be same case - 8 years in prison awaiting trial. What if found not guilty?

[Bayleaf]

Seeing "Horseflesh" in the Welcome section - I really wondered what I was about to read!

[hughnique]

Reminds me a bit about Corned Beef, used to love a bit in the UK, either from a tin or off the cold meat section. Glad when we spotted it in a couple of the supermarkets, until one fateful day when Madame decided to read the ingredients, noticed that it was made up of cows head, that was the end of that. The UK equivalent just states cooked beef, I suspect that is a wide ranging description for the same thing.

[exile]

I think you would be shocked by what happens with most processed food - despite Gregg Wallace doing is bit with inside the factory.

I spent one vacation working in a canning factory. Day 1. New potatoes. These arrived in a huge vat of water having been through something like a massive washing machine to remove the dirt and skins. I was equipped with a bucket with holes in the bottom and the task was to scoop the potatoes out of the vat and onto the line. 12 people inspecting the potatoes as they went down the line and removing any with blemishes, any damaged, any with a green bit. This all looked very thorough and quality was at the peak. Back from lunch and the foreman came round and said, "That's the Marks and Spencer order done. You nine come with me."
And then all of the potatoes that had been rooted out, went back in the vat for the remaining 3 workers to pick out the very worst.

Later I moved to Victoria Plums. These arrived in a vat. Green and bullet hard. If you wanted red plums, the syrup had red dye added.

[Hotrodder]

You don't know the half of it. A friend worked as security at a processing plant on the night shift. Big vats of boiling tomatoes, etc. occasionally boiled over and stood against the wall next to them were long handled flat paddles that the staff used to scoop up the spillages and pour back into the vats.
Meats that travel along a conveyor belt being speared with hypodermic type needles injecting water to increase weight before being packed.
And don't even think about what goes into some sausages.

[Nomoss]

Many years ago, while waiting to see the manager in our rural bank, I was scanning through a copy of "Farmer and Stockbreeder" (which disappeared ca. 1971).
After reading an article about how pork was spoiled by an excess of adrenaline produced when pigs were terrified when they realised their fate, I noticed an advert for a machine which injected saline into carcasses.
It was headed "Why sell meat when you can sell water".