Horsemeat

Zatoichi.uK · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:23

R.P.L said:
How do you know what's in the mince?

Well I buy from a butchers. So probably yeti or koala.

Azza · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:31

billysielu said:
So what's a beef burger if not beef? Doesn't it have to be made of beef to be called a beef burger? Otherwise it'd be a whatevermeat-burger?

With sausages there has to be a certain % of meat in them for them to be labeled as a 'pork sausage' and there is another minimum amount below that for them to be allowed to be labeled as just 'sausage'. I can't remember what they are off the top of my head though. Probably similar regulations apply for burgers.

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Here it is - http://goo.gl/HnShc

Rexxar · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:36

I see Tesco have a public announcement and apology on their splash screen, i'm glad i haven't shopped with them for some time and generally don't buy these items anyway as it'd make me feel sick knowing I may of eaten a previous grand national winner!

elmuzzy66. · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:43

Tesco have recalled all their tights as traces of cammel toe have been found in them

taxi!!

Iamzod · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:50

A friend of ours last August whilst we were out camping was insisting that her Tesco Value burgers were exactly the same as the lovely tasty aberdeen angus burgers I was eating and I was just wasting money, mine were just a bit bigger. I did point out there was loads of other crap in them as evidenced by the ingredients which show they are only 80odd percent meat and as we were out camping at a Horse event I joked that they were probably horse meat rather than beef!

Seems I was 29% correct :eek:

Westyfield2 · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:55

Asda, Co-op and Sainsbury's too... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...quine-DNA-supermarket-products-LAST-YEAR.html

Basically it's everyone apart from Waitrose or M&S

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Randomface74 · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:59

Azza said:
With sausages there has to be a certain % of meat in them for them to be labeled as a 'pork sausage'

Nice - so a beef burger needs to be 62% beef.

and... 38%... can be... whatever they want?

Azza · 16 Jan 2013 at 21:09

billysielu said:
Nice - so a beef burger needs to be 62% beef.

and... 38%... can be... whatever they want?

Well there's bound of be restrictions, but essentially yes. Though I think any other 'meat' has to be from the same animal, I'm not 100% sure can't be bothered reading the legislation.

easyrider · 16 Jan 2013 at 21:28

I don't buy beef burgers...I always make my own using 5% Beef mince.

Its horses for courses

Strife212 · 16 Jan 2013 at 21:38

ExoticMeats.co.uk

http://www.exoticmeats.co.uk/horse-burgers.html

MooMoo444 · 16 Jan 2013 at 21:38

I usually try to stick to well known branded items rather than garbage like "Tesco Value".

Probably still had my fair share of horse though.

also lol @ above link

All of our horse burgers contain horse meat

you dont say

Strife212 · 16 Jan 2013 at 21:44

None of their other products have disclaimers, I'm fairly sure they just added it for a lol

Angilion · 17 Jan 2013 at 03:35

EDIT: Beaten to the pun, so I'll delete it.

Cyclone · 17 Jan 2013 at 07:43

Just got a batch of 200 Tesco beef burgers cheap, it only cost me a pony.

A man was in hospital from eating too many of their horse meat burgers.. It's ok he's in a stable condition..

Schizo · 17 Jan 2013 at 07:48

All the beef burgers have been pulled of the shelf in my store.

but ive heard the meatballs are the dogs b*******

Cosimo · 17 Jan 2013 at 08:34

schizo said:
but ive heard the meatballs are the dogs b*******

They do taste like them.....

Third Opinion · 17 Jan 2013 at 08:50

Put them in the 'Taste the Difference' range.

Name · 17 Jan 2013 at 08:56

People say 'i could eat a horse'
Tesco takes it seriously
Everyone complains...

What is wrong with people! you complain if your arse is on fire, you complain if its put out!

Orionaut · 17 Jan 2013 at 09:07

As a general rule. If the ingredients are listed as "Beef" "Lamb" "Pork" etc then the parts of the animal being used are from generally recognised cuts. If the ingredients list simply "Meat" then it will be from the parts of the animal that are left once all the generally recognised cuts haver been removed! (Sinew, skin, MRM (AKA "Pink Slime") etc)

Yum!

utajoker · 17 Jan 2013 at 10:16

Reports that they have contaminated the vegi burgers. Traces of uniquorn have been found.