Aldi and horsemeat

missyishere

@kiraliz2

This is what I was referring to in the other thread: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/09/aldi-100-percent-horsemeat-beef-products

RondackHiker

This has happened multiple times before, at least over in Europe.

Mislabeling also happens with fish, all the time. 

I find mislabeling fish disturbing because of concerns about allergies and mercury levels.

I find mislabeling horse disturbing because I have serious concerns about the safety of horse meat created from US horses, who have Bute and Banamine and de-wormers that aren't intended for horses that will be eaten by humans. Over in Europe, meat horses are more like meat cows, and raised as such so there are fewer contamination concerns.

RondackHiker

fredalina said:

Real lasagne IS horsemeat. US horses are used for animal feed, not humans. Supposedly.

The supposedly is what gets me. There have been multiple cases where people follow particular horses that go through the plants (especially the mexican ones), and the paperwork suddenly shows that the horse had a 30 day de-tox period, when in fact it left the auction, jumped on the meat truck, and was trucked directly to the plant for processing.

Bute is deadly shit for people, and is used like aspirin for horses.

shibby00

Wtf aldi!

RondackHiker

shibby00 said:

Wtf aldi!

Aldi wasn't the only one. This was a major thread on the horse forum I'm on. I can't find it right now.

Aldi was actually... like the fourth or fifth place to come forward? Or they came forward and several others were caught? I don't fully remember. This was a big issue in Ireland and England for about two months. There was a French supplier and I think an English supplier that supplied horsemeat instead of beef to the companies that made some of the frozen meals. 

shibby00

I think aldi deserves SOME of the blame. They sold the product. Clearly they did not manufacture it, but I think it does erode trust.