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However, in one sample from Tesco, the level of horse DNA indicated that horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% of the content.

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In Ireland, we have an expression "Horse it into ya Cynthia" (from a song)......I'm not sure this is what they had in mind. Personally, I blame the French!!

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Another scandal for the agri industry to absorb...  Heads will roll over this, tesco will see to that...

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They should just label it correctly. In Sweden "hamburgerkött" (hamburger meat), is a type of smoked horse meat sold for making sandwiches. Quite tasty.

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Shergar  read this

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Holidaying in the Netherlands with the family, my brother in law bought some tomato soup for his difficult to feed children. Speaking a bit of food Dutch, I was forced to point out that not only did the soup contain meat balls, the meat balls were a combination of pig & horse. Its not just the French...

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Apparently, Tesco burger sales are stable Smile

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john1000000boy wrote:

Another scandal for the agri industry to absorb...  Heads will roll over this, tesco will see to that...

 

As long as they don't end up in the burgers....excellent!

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Horse meat was probably the healthiest ingredient in them.

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chebby wrote:

Horse meat was probably the healthiest ingredient in them.

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chebby wrote:

Horse meat was probably the healthiest ingredient in them.

Probably true. Costco meat products are very good if you prefer them to contain meat (as opposed to water, cereal....)

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simonlewis wrote:
However, in one sample from Tesco, the level of horse DNA indicated that horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% of the content.

Clearly nonsense, there's no way a Tesco Everyday Value burger has 29% meat in it...

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The_Lhc wrote:

simonlewis wrote:
However, in one sample from Tesco, the level of horse DNA indicated that horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% of the content.

Clearly nonsense, there's no way a Tesco Everyday Value burger has 29% meat in it...

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On a separate note, it could have been worse......... could have been Tofu!

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The Tesco Press officer is having a mare...

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I would like to eat horse. My wife and I have a voucher for a Mongolian restaurant where we will be able to eat various exotic animals.

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I've eaten horse sashimi, from a butcher in Japan the walls of whose shop were decorated with pictures of nags racing and showjumping, and jolly tasty it was too.

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