Underground Market For Human Flesh? Human DNA Traces Found In Burger Meat

by Monica Davis

There’s no telling what is rally in that ground beef in your refrigerator, or in the hamburger you just ate at your favorite fast food joint. Traces of horse meat has been found in ground beef around the world, and several tests of ground meat have turned up human DNA.

“It is possible that (if tested) we could find traces of human DNA in meat. However, even if we do find human DNA, it does not mean we are eating human flesh,” Botlhe Modisane, the Deputy Director-General of the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries said.

Instead, burgers, tacos and other fast food products containing ground meat are likely to contain traces of human blood (because slaughterhouse workers frequently cut themselves) or small fragments of hair, saliva or fingernails — all of which contain human DNA (as fans of CSI and SVU surely know). MOREHERE

 

Could it really be as simple as that? Humans cutting themselves, leaving hair, spit or fingernails in meat during processing.

The 2013 meat adulteration scandal is ongoing in Europe; foods advertised as containing beef were found to contain undeclared horse meat, as much as 100% of the meat content in some cases,^[1] and other undeclared meats, such as pork.^[2] The issue came to light on 15 January 2013, when it was reported that horse DNA had been discovered in frozen beefburgers sold in several Irish and British supermarkets. While horse meat is not harmful to health and is eaten in many countries, it is considered a taboo food in many countries including the UK and Ireland. The analysis stated that 23 out of 27 samples of Beef burgers contained pig DNA.^{[3]   MOREHERE}

 

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