IKEA horse meat scandal: Czech authority detects horse meat in IKEA brand meat balls

[Nobody]

[Aractus]

Well it's a damn good thing that there's nothing wrong with horse meat and it's very good for you!

[KichigaiNeko]

I really can't fathom why this should be an issue....after the "Mad Cow" incidents many European countries are unable to use their beef let alone export it.

Only crime here I see is that the meat wasn't labelled properly.

[Autumnlicious]

The meat had a high possibility of being contaminated with a set of chemicals not fit for human consumption.

[jots]

The media is blowing this way out of proportion. I haven´t met a single person here in Sweden who doesn´t give the same response when asked what they feel about this story: "So?"

Only issue with this is, like KichigaiNeko said, that the labelling was wrong.

[Davka]

That's just how IKEA sells horses: Some Assembly Required.

[KichigaiNeko]

You could say that about ALL meat products Moros. Apologies, but I have not been following the news story so I haven't heard about the chemical contamination, only the mad cow disease issue.

[Tiberius]

[KichigaiNeko]

Hmm. Like I said. Haven't been following the story. And my news feed hadn't divulged THAT little tid bit of info. Sounds bad.

[LastPoet]

Like Tibs pointed out its that drug used on horses. There is a market niche for horse meat (rightfully labeled), but its quite the bland quality meat, and usually unexpensive. That and the costs of growing a horse as livestock is quite unpractical, as you can grow a cow in a year and a half, while a horse takes 3-4 years.

The problem is that they were selling a bad product, possibly contaminated, but hey, once something is thrown into the meat grinder, its hard to tell them apart. To all regards, this investigation has been very well executed.