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Food Fraud: Drugged Up Horsemeat Sold as Beef at Supermarkets
Frozen meals sold at a major supermarket
chain contained horsemeat instead of beef, some of which was found to
contain a veterinary drug so dangerous that it is illegal to give to
humans.
Some
of the frozen meals sold at the Aldi supermarkets in Great Britain
contained 100% horsemeat even though they were labeled beef, and at
least two other major British supermarkets have been caught selling
horsemeat as beef in recent weeks. Tesco, Britain’s largest grocer, sold
hamburgers that contained horsemeat. Another chain called Findus sold lasagna that contained horsemeat.
What’s really scary is that the horsemeat was on sale
for several months before anybody realized what was going on, and some
media reports indicate that Findus executives knew they were selling horsemeat to the public last year but did nothing.
The meat apparently came from a French supplier and was not sold in the United States. Aldi, the supermarket which bills itself
as a low-cost grocer responsible for selling the meat, is expanding its
operations in the United States. As far as its origin, the horsemeat
likely came from Romania.
Horsemeat Contains Dangerous Drugs
Some of the horsemeat might have contained a potentially dangerous veterinary drug called phenylbutazone, The Guardian reported. Phenylbutazone is so dangerous it is illegal to give the drug to human beings. Guardian journalists discovered that around 5% of slaughtered horses’ carcasses contain the drug.
The horsemeat scandal shows how corrupt, greedy, and
arrogant Big Food has become. It can and will sell anything as food and
get away with it. It also highlights why it is a good idea to stop
eating processed meat and ‘ready-made’ foods such as frozen dinners.
There’s no telling what those products contain, and previous studies
posted up on Anthony Gucciardi’s Storyleak reveal how fast food burgers actually contain as little as 2% real meat.
Eating the Family Pet for Dinner
What’s even more frightening is that some of the horses
chopped up and sold at British supermarkets may have been pets and
riding horses sold by owners. Some British families that sold their
horses because of the economic downturn might have ended up eating their
favorite steed.
Part of the horsemeat sold in Great Britain came from a
processing plant in Ireland, where theychopped up horses and made them
into hamburgers.
It’s time for us to start asking what’s for sale at
supermarkets. It seems as if corporations will label anything food and
try to sell it to the public.
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