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Horsemeat.... Food Fraud

Monday, February 18, 2013 20:14

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The whole horsemeat thing has been done to death in the media lately. But contrary to popular belief this isn’t a medical or health issue. Its more of a food fraud issue.

No one has fallen ill, and since horse’s have been consumed since the time they stepped foot on this planet, it is highly unlikely that anyone will get ill from it.

What about the equine painkiller bute? The Food Standards Agency says horse carcasses with traces of the anti-inflammatory have been exported and have been entering the food chain for some time.

This is clearly one of the many failures exposed by this affair.

Bute – or phenylbutazone – is licensed in humans to treat ankylosing spondylitis – a severe form of arthritis that affects the back/

In long-term use it carries a one in 30,000 risk of a serious side effect – the bone marrow disorder aplastic anaemia. It is no longer commonly prescribed and there hasn’t been a case of this linked to the drug since at least 1985.

In order to get a single therapeutic dose of bute from horsemeat you’d need to eat 500-600 250g horse burgers. That’s an awful lot of meat.

There could be a risk of other antibiotics in the meat, but it would only be slight traces. The Chief Medical Officer, Prof Sally Davies said “The levels would be so low as not to represent a health risk”. Although she is deeply worried about the long-term threat of antibiotic resistance in the human and animal world, that is another issue entirley.

There has been no evidence of ransid or infected horsemeat, no one has found any evidence of this, and properly cooked meat would get rid of most pathogens.

Some countries actually find horsemeat popular, example Italy, France, and Belgium. The only difference from going into one of these European countries and ordering a horse steak compared to the traces found in the mass-producd burgers, lasagne and bolognese is that we have asked for it.

Processed foods aren’t any good for us, so if this scare is enough to make people think twice before buying then it has to be a good thing right?

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To. arthur. yes very true actually it is stated aswell that horsemeat also leads to heart attacks faster and heart failure. to tell u the truth i actually remember somebody commenting stateing horsemeat was good for humanity misleading soul it was . peace predictability.

Feb 20, 2013, 12:14 am 0 Reply

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