Horse meat found in Leicestershire County Council's school food

“Bob

You said:

'Now the Con government want to shoot all badgers ....after that no doubt they will be killing off all the deer, foxes, cats and dogs'

Seems pretty clear to me - cats and dogs! Yep I am sure that those evil Conservatives really do want to do that”

“Getting good value is one thing. Forcing prices down to a ridiculous level means someone will take short cuts to get a contract. A friend of mine worked for a local council as a cook, and used to check the quality of all delivered meat before accepting it. Often there would be as much as 20%-30% waste because of excess fat, etc., which meant he was expected to order more to make up the difference.

Instead, he refused to accept rubbish. Eventually the supplier got the idea and the quality improved - and the overall cost went down. It was also less work than having to trim off the excess on large quantities of meat.

He was the only cook to come in well under budget for the two years he was there.

Working smarter pays.”

“Quote: "You are suggesting that this is all a cunning plan by the evil Conservatives to kill pets?!"


Demo - Get help and get it soon for your own good. You are going completely mad.”

“Bob

You are suggesting that this is all a cunning plan by the evil Conservatives to kill pets?!

Bob - Get help and get it soon for your own good”

“To all those commenting that clearly do not understand the food industry or implications of horsemeat in beef. It is nothing to do with a mislabel mistake or fraud Horsemeat is a very good substitute to beef if it is reared and slaughtered under the same conditions and restrictions as British beef, lamb, pork and poultry. It is the fact that there is absolutely no traceability on the meat in terms of conditions of processing and handling/ storage. No one can answer where the meat came from because they clearly do not know, but I have some good ideas
Having worked in a midlands petfood processing factory and seen with my own eyes maggot infested chicken cleaned up that was only fit for pet food and then went into the food supply chain in the 90s and yes the owners were caught and jailed after a tip off, if you go for cheapness that is what you get, and the large supermarkets and government organisations have been well and truly conned by it.
Avoid risk as the article says buy British Red Tractor assured which I can say hand on heart is 100% traceable and welfare friendly or if you can afford it, a trusted village butcher or farm shop. I am afraid that it will cost you more but at least your children will have meat produced in as humanly possible conditions and welfare friendly and hygienic slaughter house conditions and subsequent handling and storage. And please don't get me started on other religious methods of slaughter.
That said, folks will complain about horsemeat and yet quite happily scoff a kebab or burger from a dodgy vendor on a night out on the town and wonder why they end up ill the next day!! And don't think that just because you don't eat meat you are safe, i have seen some veg and salad processing that leaves a lot to be desired in some countries that we import from.”

“Quote: "this perfectly edible food"

Who said it was perfectly edible? With the large cut in food standards personnel in the last two years, not enough checks have been carried out.

If they use horse meat from who knows where, why not rats, or any other cheap wild creature illegally sourced!

Beef has been suffering from a succession of health problems for many years now, often because of cheap so called 'food' fed to the animals in this country and abroad.

Now the Con government want to shoot all badgers to eliminate them altogether because of health problems in cows. After that no doubt they will be killing off all the deer, foxes, cats and dogs.

I've stopped eating beef altogether.”

“If this was a corner shop etc the Council's Enviomental Health woulb be straight round and shutting the business down whilst carrying out a full investigation, or it could be the men at the top getting the budget for beef but buying horse meat, nothing said.............upgraded holiday thank you,”

“Nay what a surprise”

“All of the starving people in the world and homeless and this perfectly edible food is being
dumped because of miss labeling”

“What a shocker...I think not!”