It’s not just because they’re pretty. Their meat poses serious health risks. Vickery Eckhoff in Newsweek. The French take few tips from the British, but French Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll made an exception recently when addressing reporters at the Paris farm show. “One would have to eat […]
Source: By Carey Gillam of Reuters “horse meat cannot be sold in the United States for human consumption…” Animal rights groups are threatening to sue the U.S. government if officials move ahead with plans to allow meat-packing companies to resume the slaughter of horses for human consumption, a […]
Tracking the Story Got You Confused? Following the story of contaminated “beef” containing horsemeat in common products in the EU and UK has managed to make everyone a little dizzy so our good friends over to the Australian Institute of Food Safety put together a graphic that might […]
By STEPHANIE STROM of the New York Times Inept U.S. Government Decision Baffles Experts The United States Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico in the next two months, which would allow equine meat suitable for human consumption to be produced […]
Source: By STEPHANIE STROM of the New York Times “…it would be possible for horse meat from the shipments going through Houston to end up in the United States” As concerns over horse meat infiltrating products labeled ground beef grows among American consumers, an advocacy group released shipping […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance “The finding of horse meat in meals supplied to schools and hospitals is of particular concern…” Chicago (EWA) – According to USDA statistics, the slaughter of US horses soared by 32% in 2012 to over 176,000, a twenty year high. The horses were exported […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance, Wild Horse Freedom Federation and Houston’s KPRC News Horse Advocacy Groups Break Story of Illegal Houston Horse Meat Connection HOUSTON – More than one million pounds of fresh and frozen horse meat has moved through the Port of Houston since August 2012, according to […]
Equine Welfare Press Conference and Rally to take place during opening day of BLM advisory board meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City – The Cloud Foundation, Respect4Horses and Wild Horse Freedom Federation will hold a special press conference, during the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Advisory Board […]
Equine Welfare Alliance and Wild Horse Freedom Federation Investigation Report The amount and volume of Horse Meat running through Houston is Staggering Release Date: February 24, 2013 Report Date(s): 2012 – 2013 Type: Bill of Lading Data Objective | Content: Horse Meat Shipments through Port of Houston [TX] […]
By Kelly Ni of the Epoch Times Staff Health concerns raised over dangerous drugs American horses are sold to slaughter factories in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Many are concerned that the slaughtered American horses, which were not raised for human consumption, eventually make their way into […]
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