questions about horsemeat
Personally, I don't eat much meat- I would be a vegetarian if it wasn't for rest of the family. I've been to livestock auctions and I've seen the horses that are destined for slaughter. They go to C...
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Spleenstomper: Good article. I found this statement very interesting:
'The European Commision’s General Directory for Health, meanwhile, found that the slaughterhouses don’t always respect the directive that requires racehorses to be pastured drug-free for six months before being shipped for slaughter.'
The horses that I saw being shipped to Canadian slaughterhouses did not have 6 months left on this planet. Many times, they were down when they dropped the trailer ramp.
When beef, pork, lamb or poultry are raised for food-they are slaughtered at a young age,(not after years of unknown contamination)and the FDA is involved. As stated before-horses were not raised for human consumption. They have been dosed with drugs not approved for the human food supply.
'The European Commision’s General Directory for Health, meanwhile, found that the slaughterhouses don’t always respect the directive that requires racehorses to be pastured drug-free for six months before being shipped for slaughter.'
The horses that I saw being shipped to Canadian slaughterhouses did not have 6 months left on this planet. Many times, they were down when they dropped the trailer ramp.
When beef, pork, lamb or poultry are raised for food-they are slaughtered at a young age,(not after years of unknown contamination)and the FDA is involved. As stated before-horses were not raised for human consumption. They have been dosed with drugs not approved for the human food supply.
