Multiple Sources “”I will vigorously pursue all legal remedies available to me if we discover any violations…” (SANTA FE)—Attorney General Gary King today expressed grave concerns over the potential health risks associated with consumption of horse meat processed at the proposed horse slaughtering plant in Roswell. “As Attorney […]
Source: France24.com EU on February 15 ordered 2,250 DNA tests on prepared meals Thousands of DNA tests on beef products across the European Union found the meals contained up to 5.0 percent of horsemeat, the European Commission said Tuesday. The EU on February 15 ordered 2,250 DNA tests […]
Source: The Jakarta Post “court declared the Willy Selten meat works bankrupt Tuesday” A meat processing plant and wholesaler suspected of mixing undeclared horse meat with beef has been declared bankrupt. A court in the eastern Dutch city of Den Bosch court declared the Willy Selten meat works […]
Source: By Debra Zimmerman Murphey of WeMakeItNews.com “public backlash has triggered grassroots and national attention…on horse slaughter“ For the first time on the policy front, and through the Obama White House, the United States Department of Agriculture’s proposed upcoming budget supports an initiative to defund horse meat inspections in […]
Source: Kitty Donaldson of Bloomberg.com Last week, the Dutch government announced a recall of 50,000 metric tons of beef. U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will order a review of food safety following the horsemeat scandal, one of his deputies said. In written statement to Parliament in London today, […]
Sorry, This post was pulled when we learned it was a “joke” – we find no humor in killing and eating horses Related Articles Vickery Eckhoff on Huff: No Market for U.S. Horse Meat (rtfitchauthor.com) Welsh poll reveals impact of horse-meat scandal (horsetalk.co.nz) EU Will Not Accept Imported […]
Source: Vancouver Sun Illegal and Criminal Activity Engross Horse Slaughter Scandal Europe’s mushrooming horsemeat scandal saw its first arrests Thursday and saw French authorities name a French wholesaler as the main culprit in disguising cheap horsemeat as ground beef for frozen foods sold around the continent. Related Articles […]
Source: By JOAN BARRON Casper Star-Tribune “Slaughterhouse” Sue Wallis Ignores “Burger-Gate” Crisis in Effort to Fatten her Wallet CHEYENNE — State Rep. Sue Wallis says the Obama administration’s proposal in its 2014 budget that would effectively ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption is “a pretty sorry […]
Source: by Josh Hrala as published in Cracked.com “Sorry, I just couldn’t help myself, this was far too good not to share” ~ R.T. Bad news, horse and food fans — European burger processing plants have been combining your two favorite things and calling it “beef.” And don’t […]
Source: By JANET PEARSON Associate Editor of Tulsa World Pending federal legislation would ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption and prohibit transporting them across the U.S. border to Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses. Oklahoma lawmakers and Gov. Mary Fallin might have thought that quick passage of […]
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