Horse meat found in beef burgers in the UK + Ireland

[Ardemax]

Yup. Horse meat has been found in some beef burgers on sale from shops such as Tesco and Iceland in the UK and Ireland.

See here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21034942

What made me laugh was this quote:

"In Ireland, it is not in our culture to eat horsemeat and therefore, we do not expect to find it in a burger"

#StoryOfMyLife

This reminds me of the frog found in Nando's, if anyone can remember that

[RyRy]

There's neigh way this could be possible.

Seriously though wow that's pretty bad.

[Chris]

Just read about this, quite gross really

[Martin]

I thought they were horsing around at first but it appears this is true and OMG THATS GROSS poor horseys

[Ardemax]

Guys can we keep this thread free from horse-related puns and foal language, thanks.

[David]

I don't see what's gross about it There's nothing wrong with horse meat, even though it shouldn't have been in there.

[buttons]

init dave, if someone gave u horse meat saying it was a beef burger you probably wouldn't notice anything was different (idk never ate horse) lol
and i'm sure there are a lot worse things in your food/products that you don't know about..............
but yeah obviously shouldnt have been there. i dont think its 'gross' tho but what can u expect, we have no idea where our food comes from or how it's made or WHO it's made by

[Chippiewill]

After you use their bones to make glue you have to use the rest of the horse to make SOMETHING. May as well be burgers.

[sex]

it said they pose no health risk but they are still being removed i think, thank god i don't like beef lol

[Kardan]

Thank god I don't shop at Tesco or Iceland Not that you'd notice anyway...

I wonder if Asda will include this in their advert, where they compare prices. I'd like to see them compare Horse DNA% now, with nice graphics of horses piling on top of each other, instead of baskets.