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Human Tissue Found in Meats – but eating it is “no threat”
The horse meat fiasco in Europe has prodded scientists to look a bit deeper into what else we might be consuming. A team of South African scientists have just found traces of human tissue
Read More »Horse Meat found in Ikea’s Swedish Meatballs
Traces of horse have been found in meatballs labeled as beef and pork for Swedish global furniture giant Ikea, according to authorities in the Czech Republic. The horse meat was found in one-kilogram packs of
Read More »‘Horsemeat for the poor’ plan causes a stir
Two German politicians have proposed that horsemeat products pulled from grocery store shelves due to false branding should be redistributed to the poor. The idea has generated debate over whether it is proper, or
Read More »Horsemeat scandal hits U.S.
A Philadelphia restaurant owner thinks horse meat is delicious and wants to share the delicacy with his customers. “I am going to embrace horse meat wholeheartedly at Monsu, probably in the springtime,” Peter McAndrews, owner
Read More »Horsemeat sent to schools, colleges, hospitals, pubs and hotels admit caterers
Horsemeat was sent to schools, colleges, hospitals and pub and hotels, caterers admitted today, as new evidence emerged of the breadth of the adulteration of beef products across the British Isles. In the escalating horse
Read More »Horsemeat found in British supermarkets ‘may be donkey’
A law banning horses from Romanian roads may be responsible for the surge in the fraudulent sale of horsemeat on the European beef market, a French politician said yesterday. Horse-drawn carts were a common form
Read More »4 Fast Food Ingredients Way Worse than Horsemeat
As you’re likely aware, Burger King UK recently admitted that its famous fast food symbol the Whopper (and its other burgers) were actually made using horsemeat. In an admission that came just hours after
Read More »Disturbing: Burger King Admits Burgers Contain Horsemeat
In a piece of highly disturbing news, Burger King has now admitted after continuous denial that it has actually been selling UK customers both burgers and Whoppers that contain horsemeat. This admission comes just
Read More »Horse DNA found in beefburgers from four major supermarkets
Four major supermarket chains operating in Britain are withdrawing a number of beef products after horse DNA was found in frozen burgers sold in the UK and Ireland by Aldi, Iceland, Lidl and Tesco. The
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