Tesco Burgers contain 29% horse meat!

If we were French we'd think nothing of it.

They were in Tesco's basic value range and I never buy that cr@p. I'd be worried about far more nasties than horse meat in them tbh.
 
I don't eat supermarket burgers, but checking through my freezer I have a number of packets of Tesco Irish Beef Mince. What are the chances that this product also comes from the same factory???

I've just sent Tesco customer services an email asking them to confirm if there is any chance this might be 'contaminated' with horse meat too? As far as I understand only burgers have been tested, but not other products, so if they fob me off, I want a refund - but don't have receipts and these have been in my freezer for a while. I've told them that if they can't refund I'll arrange to send these packets for private lab DNA testing myself.

If I was in a restaurant that offered legitimate horse meat on the menu from a reputable source, I would not have a problem with that. I wouldn't chose to eat it myself, but the point here is that Tesco (and the other supermarket) customers have been misled into eating something they may find unacceptable. Furthermore how the hell do we know if the horses were slaughtered humanely, or were even fit for human consumption?
 
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Today they are saying it was probably fillers & additive proteins, that would mean of course that of all the budget burgers Tesco's contain the least beef.
 
So what's the problem? What is the difference between eating horse, cow, sheep, pig, chicken or dog for that matter?

Surely if its ok to chow down on one, then there should be no problem eating the other. And as it appears that your average carnivore can't tell the difference anyway, why the fuss? :confused:

Just another perplexed vego. :)
 
or cat, dog etc...
The point is we need to know what we are eating,if the animal has been killed humanely or is indeed fit to eat at all.
Is the horse content of these burgers traceable? I think not.
 
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