.....then how can we trust them when they say
"Of course, the horse meat is completely safe to eat."

The only way they could claim that is if the meat came from a supply
farmed for human consumption and rigorously quality checked (as I hope our
beef, lamb and pork is).

However if they lied once, how can they be trusted?

How do we know the horses weren't shot because they had an infectious
disease such as coughing, or expired just past the finishing post due to
over doping?

No doubt this story will run forever......

Cheers

Dave R