The problem is not just that it contains horse meat, it's the deception, horse meat is far cheaper than beef, a horse carcass sells for around £100 to £300 a cow carcass sells for around £600 to £1200, so to pass horse meat off as beef means that they are getting huge profits from deception, there is not a lot of difference in taste between the two, so to just look at minced horse meant and minced beef, you would not be able to tell the difference hence the DNA testing, the big problems with it, are the drugs that are used on the horse's some can cause cancer in humans and are harmful, if they are not being truthful about the horse meat being passed off as beef, you can bet your bottom teeth that they are not going to be 100% completely honest about were the horse's came from, or what illnesses they hard or drugs had been used on them, would you eat meat not knowing where it came from?
--Chris-- ----- Original Message ----- From: Marsh, Paul (CA-CIB) To: feistfans-l Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:16 PM Subject: OT Horse meat/men/women I don't see what the fuss is about, food chains and super markets should just change their packaging to say may contain Horse Meat and the problem goes away. simple solution from simple a mind. Paul From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: 28 February 2013 14:58 To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: stop smoking and other vices I would happily eat horsemeat over a lot of other choice meats, but the thing that bothers me about this issue is the quality of horsemeat provided. As I am sure, considering the way it has been introduced to the lower end of the frozen meal market, that the individuals involved did not go out of their way to ensure properly bred, selected and slaughters animals are used. A picture of a carthorse with a broken leg being dragged to the abattoir springs to mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email does not create a legal relationship between any member of the Crédit Agricole group and the recipient or constitute investment advice. The content of this email should not be copied or disclosed (in whole or part) to any other person. It may contain information which is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you should notify us and delete it from your system. Emails may be monitored, are not secure and may be amended, destroyed or contain viruses and in communicating with us such conditions are accepted. Any content which does not relate to business matters is not endorsed by us. Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank is authorised by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel (ACP) and supervised by the ACP and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) in France and subject to limited regulation by the Financial Services Authority. Details about the extent of our regulation by the Financial Services Authority are available from us on request. Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank is incorporated in France with limited liability and registered in England & Wales. Registration number: FC008194. Registered office: Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2DA.
