HORSE MEAT MASQUERADES AS VEAL

SURPRISED?   Well in recent years,  there have been similar cases throughout Europe, the USA and Canada. Numerous cases of horse meat, either being mixed in with other meats, or being presented as other than horse meat.

USA TODAY REPORTED: 

HORSE MEAT FOUND IN IKEA MEATBALLS

DAILY MAIL:  

ARE YOU EATING HORSE?

RESEARCHERS FIND 20% OF SAMPLES OF GROUND BEEF

SOLD IN THE USA CONTAIN THE ILLEGAL FOOD STUFF 

WHY AREN’T

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTORS (CFIA)

SURPRISED THERE’S

HORSE MEAT IN YOUR SAUSAGES?

Maclean’s AUGUST 4, 2017:  Beware, summer BBQ-ers: there could be horse meat in your pork sausage. Or pork in your beef sausage. Or beef in your chicken sausage. Or chicken (and only chicken) in your turkey sausage.

Those are some of the examples cited in a new study from researchers at the University of Guelph, which found 20 per cent of sausages sampled from Canadian grocery stores contained meats that were not on the label.

The study was commissioned by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency [CFIA], which, according to the Canadian Press, was “not surprised” by the results.  READ MORE HERE…

CANADIAN?  

YOU COULD BE EATING HORSE MEAT WITHOUT KNOWING

In addition to the reporting by Maclean’s, CTV, CBC, the Toronto Sun, the Globe and Mail and others reported on the same.  Read more here.

So why is eating horse meat

any different than eating

any other kind of meat?

That’s a great question.

One of the first concerns is that most of the horses slaughtered within Canada for human consumption, whether butchered and shipped to other markets – or consumed within Canadian borders –  have not been raised specifically for meat.

Horses slaughtered in Canada include horses from the USA and Canada –  including thoroughbred and standardbred horses who raced and those who never made it to the track.

USA TODAY:  Horses go from racetracks to slaughter houses

Horses slaughtered also include pet horses, even stolen horses, and rodeo “stock”.

Most horses from these categories will have been treated with wormers at least twice per year, wormers that  state on the packaging, they are never to be used on “livestock” entering the human food chain.

Racing “stock”, rodeo “stock” and pet horses will very often have been treated with a drug commonly known as BUTE, that is administered for a wide range of ailments in horses, everything from arthritis to hoof abscesses and so much more.

Ask any horse owner and they’ll be able to tell you all about how often they worm their horse and that they have most likely administered BUTE or other drugs not meant for use on “livestock” entering the human food chain.

And BUTE is not the only drug commonly used on horses that is not intended to ever end up in the human food chain.

2 RECALLS OF TOXIC HORSE MEAT IN CANADA

But surely there’s paper work to be presented before a horse is slaughtered in Canada – right?

Surely there are protocols in place so that horses treated with toxic drugs such as wormers and BUTE don’t end up in the human food chain.

Well, you are right there is paperwork but it’s on the honour system.

Yes, in Canada those presenting horses to be slaughtered simply fill out an EID (Equine Identification Document) stating they are the rightful owner of the horse, and that the horse has not been administered drugs not meant to enter the human food chain.

Do you want to trust your health to a system that is based on the honour system, especially when there have been cases where stolen pet horses have been slaughtered?

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CANADA SLAUGHTERS HORSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

It may be hard for some to believe that tens of thousands of horses, including pets, are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption.

Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union and other markets, including  Japan.

The barbaric slaughter of horses is currently not legal in the United States, BUT  horses, including pets and ex-racehorses, from the United States are shipped to Canada and to Mexico to be slaughtered.

In addition Canada allows for the transportation of live horses to Japan,  to be slaughtered for human consumption, and unfortunately the transportation of horses destined for slaughter within Canada, and by air, is far from humane. 

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