In message , Rod Speed
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Andrew Gabriel) writes:
Real horse meat for human consumption in countries which eat it
costs more than beef, so it's not a simple case of substituting
a cheaper ingredient, although in these cases it's going to be
the mechanically recovered meat that's used anyway, where this
may not apply. It may well be that the horse meat used wasn't
intended for human consumption, and that's being tested at the
moment.

Just heard an interview with the Germam company doing most of
the food DNA testing across the EU. They were initially very
surprised to find horse meat in beef, because they said horse
meat is normally much more expensive than beef. The interviewer
suggested that may mean the horse meat wasn't meant for human
consumption, and he said he couldn't tell, but he said it in a
way which implied that was his suspicion too. He said over half
the samples he's being sent for testing are testing positive
for horse DNA.

Yeah, sounds plausible. Bet they're using the old
nags that used to just be used for pet food now.
Local market, foals going for a fiver.
--
bert