Horsemeat Subject -Yet Again (Sorry)

[TheOtherHalf]

Some are saying that instead of all these prepared meals which apparently contain horsemeat, being thrown out they should be given to the poor or the third world but some say it would make them feel like 2nd class citizens. Well why cant just ask them if they want it and then its up to them. Im pretty sure that if they advertised it free to whovever wanted it, thousands would come out of the woodwork, even those who say they are against eating it. Most people go wild for anything free these days, even people who are probably well off.

[hc4361]

If it were a fact that the horsemeat is traceable and verified as safe for human consumption, I'd agree with you. But it isn't.

[TheOtherHalf]

I still think that some would be prepared to eat it if it were given away as free. Smoking is always being advertised as a killer but people still smoke

[Sqad]

\\\ being thrown out they should be given to the poor or the third world \\

or the poor of the Western World.

[hc4361]

Nobody is going to risk being sued for giving this food away. There would be no defence as the food is not fit for human consumption even though the chance of becoming ill is highly unlikely.

Some people are allergic to horsemeat and don't know it - they would have a very bad reaction indeed.

[cecil39]

I think if it had all been put back on sale clearly marked as containing horsemeat, it would sell, a lot of older folk ate horse in the war and see no reason not to eat it now, I have talked to people of all ages and they all say "we have been eating it for years without knowing and it not done us any harm, so why worry" but those who have been conning us by giving false discriptions of whats in our food should face tough punishment indead, but knowing how things get sorted out these days, the big bosses will walk away, and blame the little men who drove the lorry and sweep the floor.