Regarding your footnote....

Post #371,922 by dmcarls 2/27/13 10:49:32 PM Reply	Regarding your footnote.... >>> ...acres of poor fucking cattle knee-deep.... Don't forget our friends at Smithfield Foods : https://docs.google....slFrNAnugxPePDxug Rolling Stone article "Boss Hog"
Post #371,923 by drook 2/27/13 11:18:11 PM Reply	So totally depressing -- Drew
Post #371,929 by Another Scott 2/28/13 6:47:17 AM Reply	The last paragraph - "Romania". Romania has been in the news the last few days - it's apparently the source of the horse meat that has "contaminated" ground beef all over Europe... Depressing story. :-( Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #371,931 by pwhysall 2/28/13 7:35:29 AM 2/28/13 7:36:31 AM Reply	Er, sort of, yes, no. Yes, the horsemeat came from Romania, but the Romanian slaughterhouse in question (edit: apparently) did nothing wrong. It was meat processors further along in the chain who (deliberately or otherwise) mis-labelled viande de cheval as boeuf. Most notably, the marvellously named Spanghero. Edited by pwhysall Feb. 28, 2013, 07:36:31 AM EST Expand All History
Post #371,933 by Another Scott 2/28/13 7:56:30 AM Reply	I have only heard the stuff in the background. What I recall reading is that DNA tests have found horse at levels "above 1%" in many samples tested. The coverage seems to present it as if "horse" == "arsenic melamine plutonium dioxin" or something. Horse isn't going to kill anyone. What I find most disturbing isn't that meat has been mislabeled. (Fish has been mislabeled over here for ages and the problem is getting worse.) Yes, that's a problem and it is a little disconcerting and needs to be fixed. (Companies generally aren't shipping stuff hundreds of miles because it's better - they do it because it's cheaper. The answer to why it's cheaper is important.) What I find most disturbing is: 1) why were they testing for horse DNA in the first place? 2) if horse can make it in to ground beef, what else is in there that they haven't tested for? 3) can the TV news ever report on this stuff and inform viewers without sensationalizing it? FWIW. Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #371,943 by boxley 2/28/13 9:28:09 AM Reply	the horse meat had hyarg levels of drugs in it, the horse meat for sale labelled horse meat had none, thats what the main problem is. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 57 years. meep
Post #371,946 by Another Scott 2/28/13 9:55:47 AM Reply	Thanks.
Post #371,950 by drook 2/28/13 10:26:43 AM Reply	Hadn't heard that Stupid question: Why, then, don't they test for the drugs, and why isn't that the story? -- Drew
Post #371,957 by pwhysall 2/28/13 12:48:58 PM Reply	Re: Hadn't heard that Because the hoss meat in question should have been marked "not for human eatin's", and been turned into pet food. The French eat horse all the time and you can bet your bottom dollar that that meat is tested out le wazoo, as they say in Paris.
Post #371,976 by mmoffitt 2/28/13 4:21:43 PM Reply	"le wazoo". Love it.
Post #371,990 by static 2/28/13 7:12:37 PM Reply	The drug-testing is the story here. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/

Welcome to IWETHEY!