Burger anybody. Options

[Exhausted]

What a revelation that Tesco have been selling burgers with a high percentage of horse meat. If I were French, I might find this acceptable but when something is sold in the UK as a Beefburger then that's what the public should get, not a Horseburger. Happy to say that we don't shop there or at Iceland who also were a bit guilty of the same thing.

Can we trust the supermarkets when one of the majors stoop to such tricks. They said they didn't know but it was interesting to hear in the report that the animal product came from Europe but through a manufacturer in the UK. I'm reassured by the fact that the product was not harmful to the Tesco customers but.........

[Penelope]

And now,
"The meat of some beef lasagne products recalled by Findus earlier this week was 100% horsemeat, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said"

Makes you proud to be British.

[dannyboy]

And now,
"The meat of some beef lasagne products recalled by Findus earlier this week was 100% horsemeat, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said"

Makes you proud to be British.

The Findus product affected was made in France.

[Penelope]

The Findus product affected was made in France.

Sold to us by British supermarkets.

[Darren]

Sold to us by British supermarkets.

And bought by the British public...

Out of curiosity, how many people have knowingly eaten horsemeat?

I have and while not a patch on a decent sirloin, it was't unpleasant and I'd have it again. Too much of this is down to lack of labelling and too much emphasis on cost over quality, which the buying public have to take the vast majority of the blame. Customers want ever-cheaper prices and at some point, the suppliers have to start cutting corners.

I wonder how much increase in custom butchers have seen?

[dannyboy]

Customers want ever-cheaper prices and at some point, the suppliers have to start cutting corners.

I would imaging that a vat of rendered horse was sent to the beef lasagne production line in error.

[Cognosco]

I would imaging that a vat of rendered horse was sent to the beef lasagne production line in error.

Well it must be one very large vat to contain all the horse meat that has ended up in all the numerous products that has been detected so far. Not only that it has been reported that this may go back as far as last year? So not really a case of simple error really eh?
Also remember that the tests carried out so far was only for horse meat. No tests have been carried out for other types of meat that should have been beef. Who knows what other meats may have been added as well that have not been tested for?

I bet you would soon be complaining if you were served a pint of something in a pub that was inferior, and not what you asked for, and less than half the price you were charged for?

[dannyboy]

Well it must be one very large vat to contain all the horse meat that has ended up in all the numerous products that has been detected so far. Not only that it has been reported that this may go back as far as last year? So not really a case of simple error really eh?
Also remember that the tests carried out so far was only for horse meat. No tests have been carried out for other types of meat that should have been beef. Who knows what other meats may have been added as well that have not been tested for?

I bet you would soon be complaining if you were served a pint of something in a pub that was inferior, and not what you asked for, and less than half the price you were charged for?

One batch of Findus lasagne. Not every frozen beef product. And horse meat isn't cheaper than beef.


And yes I would not be happy if I ordered X & got Y, but I would not assume it was some massive conspiracy to defraud.

[Cognosco]

One batch of Findus lasagne. Not every frozen beef product. And horse meat isn't cheaper than beef.


And yes I would not be happy if I ordered X & got Y, but I would not assume it was some massive conspiracy to defraud.

Not only Findus lasagne - Moussaka, Cottage pie, and various other ready meals and certainly not only Findus,
Horse meat is certainly cheaper in Romania than beef where it is suspected the meat originated from at the moment.
As the saying goes, watch this space. If Governments do not try to cover this up, as it involves the meat being shipped around Europe including Cyprus, then it has the makings of an international fraud problem.