Day Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Horse DNA has been found in some beef burgers being sold in UK and Irish supermarkets, the Republic of Ireland's food safety authority (FSAI) has said. The FSAI said the meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire. It said they posed no health risk. The burgers were on sale in Tesco in the UK and Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland they were on sale in Dunnes Stores, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland. Retailers have said they are now removing all implicated batches of the burgers. A total of 27 products were analysed, with 10 of them containing horse DNA and 23 containing pig DNA. Horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% of the meat content in one sample from Tesco. The chief executive of the FSAI, Professor Alan Reilly, said that while there was no risk to the public, he added that eating horsemeat "was not in Irish culture". "Whilst, there is a plausible explanation for the presence of pig DNA in these products due to the fact that meat from different animals is processed in the same meat plants, there is no clear explanation at this time for the presence of horse DNA in products emanating from meat plants that do not use horsemeat in their production process," he said. "In Ireland, it is not in our culture to eat horsemeat and therefore, we do not expect to find it in a burger. "Likewise, for some religious groups or people who abstain from eating pig meat, the presence of traces of pig DNA is unacceptable." Tesco's group technical director, Tim Smith, said his company was informed of the test results by the FSAI on Tuesday and they "immediately withdrew from sale all products from the supplier in question". In Tesco's case, two frozen beef burger products - sold in both the UK and Ireland - were found to contain horse DNA. In a statement, Mr Smith said: "The safety and quality of our food is of the highest importance to Tesco. We will not tolerate any compromise in the quality of the food we sell. The presence of illegal meat in our products is extremely serious." He added that Tesco was "working with the authorities in Ireland and the UK, and with the supplier concerned, to urgently understand how this has happened and how to ensure it does not happen again". "We will not take any products from this site until the conclusion and satisfactory resolution of an investigation," the statement said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21034942#TWEET527538 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Nay, you're joking? (You never learn do you?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Horse meat is good meat. A bit expensive but good meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 lovely bit of squirrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 The shops will be saddled with this reputation now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 There'll be a race to get that off the shelves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 How can they afford to use horse meat for the burgers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 It's already off the shelves, read the article, embarrassing premature punlation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I dont care if the health risk is nil, im not putting shergar in me gob. Said the actress to the bishop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 What health risk ? Does horses there have some kind of diseases ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 What health risk ? Does horses there have some kind of diseases ? Depends what you're doing with the horse, can give a nasty kick if you're stood behind one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 You filthy... 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />[size=4] [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I dont care if the health risk is nil, im not putting shergar in me gob. Said the actress to the bishop... Most steaks served in france are horse meat, if it just says entrecote....it's horse....look for the boeuf bit on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 It's already off the shelves, read the article, embarrassing premature punlation They've already copied it on another forum 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramexpat Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 If you fancy a horse burger i'd get to tesco sharpish, im guessing they wont be there furlong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 They've been jockeying for em all day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Inde fence able 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Nothing wrong with horse meat. It's quite common in other parts of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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