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Horse meat found in British supermarkets ‘may be donkey’
THE INDEPENDENT UK
A law banning horses from Romanian roads may be responsible for the surge in the fraudulent sale of horse meat on the European beef market, a French politician said today.
Horse-drawn carts were a common form of transport for centuries in Romania, but hundreds of thousands of the animals are feared to have been sent to the abattoir after the change in road rules.
The law, which was passed six years ago but only enforced recently, also banned carts drawn by donkeys, leading to speculation among food-industry officials in France that some of the “horse meat” which has turned up on supermarket shelves in Britain, France and Sweden may, in fact, turn out to be donkey meat. “Horses have been banned from Romanian roads and millions of animals have been sent to the slaughterhouse,” said Jose Bove, a veteran campaigner for small farmers who is now vice-president of the European Parliament agriculture committee.
After a couple of days in which the horse meat affair was seen as a largely British problem, the scandal began to be taken seriously by French politicians and newspapers over the weekend.
The French consumer minister, Benoît Hamon, said today that he would not hesitate to take legal action if evidence emerged that the two French companies which handled the meat had been aware of the fraud.
In passing, Mr Hamon also took a swipe at the British Government. He said that London was complaining about weak European food inspection while cutting the budget for EU food-safety checks in Brussels.
Diann
February 11th, 2013
That’s one way to get rid of Democrats.
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Jack-Ass-In-The-Box?
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Francis, the Talking Lunch
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Donkeynose Pizza
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Onion Blossom (Gabby Hayes’ mule)
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Pizza Hoof
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Seattle Slaw
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Seabiscuit (stet)
Bad Brad
February 11th, 2013
ASS, it’s whats for dinner.
Unruly Refugee
February 11th, 2013
Little Johnny once said, “spit it out, it’s asshole!”
KF
February 11th, 2013
John Kerry says “neigh, these abuses shall not continue on my watch…”
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Equinine Water
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Baby Bareback Ribs
Death_By_Farts
February 11th, 2013
Well they have teeth like a jackass…So this is ironiclly appropriate…
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Filly Cheese Steak
MNHawk
February 11th, 2013
Eat Mor Jakass
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Seattle Stew
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Jenny Jerky
hanoverfist
February 11th, 2013
Stand back folks.
Moxie Man is on a roll!
Snowball the Sourpuss
February 11th, 2013
Donkey and sauted onions. Mmm-mmm! A piece of ass that’ll bring a tear to your eye.
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Palomino Poppers
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Actually, I’m on a FOAL.
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
@hanoverfist – Just wait ’til Chalupa shows up with his gems.
Carlos the Jackal
February 11th, 2013
Unitd Kingdom Meat Packers Union-inspected by SJP…
KF
February 11th, 2013
UPDATE:
John Kerry appoints Sarah Jessica Parker as special ambassador until this is resolved
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Rodeo Kill
Tim
February 11th, 2013
“Special envoy Sarah Jessica Parker has been missing since landing at Heathrow … she was last seen nosing around behind the McDonald’s …”
“SecState John Kerry said he’d rather resign than visit the EU …”
hanoverfist
February 11th, 2013
Rodeo Kill CAFE
Mary Jane Anklestraps
February 11th, 2013
lololol
norman einstein
February 11th, 2013
@Moxie Man, LMAO over here.
I think Chalupa may have met his match!
John Cooper
February 11th, 2013
Eat more Chikin!
norman einstein
February 11th, 2013
Tastes like chicken.
Smells like ass.
Tim
February 11th, 2013
“Sec. John Kerry allegedly said “Eat me!” to David Cameron, then immediately apologized and withdrew the statement claiming that there was a translation error …”
“The Secretary was visibly shaken – sweating and whinnying …”
Moxie Man
February 11th, 2013
Francis, the Talking Meal – better?
Eric
February 11th, 2013
If nobody eating the meat knew the difference; What’s the difference?
Bad Brad
February 11th, 2013
Marinated Mr.ED.
RANDO
February 11th, 2013
Suddenly that kangaroo-meat from a few years ago doesn’t seem so bad…
Boobie the Rocket Dog
February 11th, 2013
Forty crackers and a muleburger.
http://home.comcast.net/~leftofcentrist/burger_pony_restaurants.htm
Boobie the Rocket Dog
February 11th, 2013
Chris Rock’s expert opinion :
“When you eatin’ a ass, you know it’s ASS!”
And he prefers syrup.
Chieftain
February 11th, 2013
Imagine the result if Chef Boyardee and Swanson were to announce that their beef supply had been deliberately switched with horse meat, and all of those Raviolis and frozen dinners people ate for the last two years had spur marks on ‘em where the jockey had kicked it?? Imagine hundreds of products labeled as “beef” that really contained 100% gluebait instead.
That’s how bad this is in Europe…
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