Horsemeat - now they are blaming the eu

[doodab]

I'd be surpirsed if it's actual horse 'meat' in there. It's not going to be prime horse steak is it.

[shaunbhoy]

I'd be surpirsed if it's actual horse 'meat' in there. It's not going to be prime horse steak is it.

Only if it gives you the gallops............allegedly.

[Lockhouse]

.....so for the past 10 years the whole of Great Britain has been eating The League of Gentlemen's "Special Stuff".

[Mich the Tester]

I assume that horses don't get BSE.

Or ESE.

Then again, elks go mad, so who knows.

Equine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Horse Prion Protein NMR Structure and Comparisons with Related Variants of the Mouse Prion Protein

[Mich the Tester]

Lovely.

If you could merge with you'd get a fair impression of Equine Spongiform Encephalopathy.

Or Camilla Parker-Bowles, whichever you prefer.

[BA to the Stars]

If you could merge with you'd get a fair impression of Equine Spongiform Encephalopathy.

Or Camilla Parker-Bowles, whichever you prefer.

I think I'd rather have the Equine Spongiform Encephalopathy thank you

[DaveB]

Equine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Horse Prion Protein NMR Structure and Comparisons with Related Variants of the Mouse Prion Protein

Top that off with phenylbutazone (Bute) contamination - not permitted in horse meat for human consumption in the EU but much of this appears to be coming from non-EU countries, not just eastern europe but US, Canada and Mexico where Bute is still permitted.

Bute is banned as it has been shown to cause aplastic anaemia in humans.

[Mich the Tester]

I think I'd rather have the Equine Spongiform Encephalopathy thank you

Yep, but if your eyes wibble-wobble about like she might look less unattractive than she is.

[darmstadt]

I can't see what all the fuss is about. People have been eating it happily for ages with no (apparent) side effects so I would think that the only charges that could be brought would be false advertising.

[Mich the Tester]

I can't see what all the fuss is about. People have been eating it happily for ages with no (apparent) side effects so I would think that the only charges that could be brought would be false advertising.

I think it's a more sensitive issue in England where a lot of people have genuine affection for horses. And dogging, or is 'Horse and Hound' about something else?