Maz

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Has anyone changed what they buy from supermarkets in the light of the horse meat scandal? Do you avoid certain products or have you boycotted them completely?

Infected by sti

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Nope, never realised I was eating it to start with, didn't taste no different, aint caused any health issues and its better for you than beef personally I couldn't give a toss, what does worry me tho is the fact we don't know what is going in our food! So they found horse now, what's next? It could be something that can cause health issues, that's the only thing that would bother me, as long as it didn't cause no harm then I personally am not worried, when I go traveling i often try another cultures food, I may not like all of it but I will still try it, so what's the difference IMO

Ant

No, I couldn't care less about all this horse meat "scandal"

Aaron1978

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Not at all, though I don't tend to buy the things it has been found in to be honest.

Aaron

hux309

Done some of us in the meat trade a big favour, as it's killed off a huge chunk of the competition from europe.

Emmaroids

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Nope not at all, what don't kill us makes us stonger
i dont bow down to scare mongering

Maz

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Personally I think it's a blessing in disguise. As some have said what other crap are they putting in the food that we're eating? Hopefully the domestic meat market will get a boost.

boxst

I didn't really eat the things that they have found horse meat in in the first place.

I did occasionally go for a 'dirty burger' from somewhere late night and I would probably think twice about that now.

tubbytommy

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neigh i havent

PaulC72

I am more bothered by the fact I have been charged for beef when it was horse (circa 4-5times cheaper as a meat).

Eating horse does not bother me in the slightest.

Tidgy

my thoughts exactly. things should be what they are described as.

Jamz3k

All they did was prove what we all already suspected. No difference in my buying habits.

Midlife......

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Nope

Shaun

Mouser

+1.

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Hasn't changed my eating habits as I buy all my meat from my local butcher and don't eat pre-processed meals.

To be honest if someone wants to buy a frozen lasagne for £1 then they shouldn't be too surprised that it's full of crap.

What it does mean though is that our food prices will rise as has already been stated as more testing will be legislated into the equation by the usual government kneejerk reaction. The labs will be quite happy to charge the government paying them whatever they ask with no questions asked in the usual public sector 'it's not my money so who gives a ****' sort of thing!!! Maybe they'll even introduce a new horse check tax too.

Matteeboy

I don't care as we don't buy processed meat foods.

And I also couldn't give a toss about the Pope or gay marriage.

stevebt

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I buy all my meats from Costco or Makro and we only cook food from fresh as we never buy processed food so it makes no difference to me.

I do think it will take a while for most peole to start buying that type of processed food againb?

nyscooby

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Yes... i dont buy ready made meals but its made me look closer at what im buying.

My local butcher has just bought a new porsche....... coincidence??

^OPM^

Yes - I no longer buy horse radish sauce now as im worried it may contain something else, like beef

chocolate_o_brian

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Nope, no difference. I like to buy things like beef burgers etc. but never buy the Smart Price or Value ones. Either the better home brands, mince that I make my own with or Birdseye etc. Whatever is on offer.

Only ready meals I buy for work or a quick snack are a couple of fish pies and chicken pasta meals.

Get most of our freezer stuff from Farmfoods or the butchers when ££ allow.

And I'm not bothered about gay marriage or the pope either, or indeed the fact people on here may/may not look down on me as I have admitted to eating certain processed foods Er, neighhh

Turbohot

No. I hardly buy mince, burgers, ready-made lasagne etc. anyway. Therefore, this horse meat scandal doesn't affect me that much. But it doesn't mean that I or my fellow human beings like to be lied to. Package should say what's in it, end of.

Broken record aside, I hear that labs are also competitive, and run autonomously so what's the guarantee that they are going to be providing us with identical results? What if some of the labs get bribed by the product makers, and this mixing and mincing continues? Also, I noticed that one of the labs (featured by SKY News) tested the meat for donkey’s remains as well. I think that's a bit ambitious, don't you think?

ditchmyster

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Nope all my meat comes from local butchers or out here in croatia, friends that have just killed a home reared cow, pig, sheep or i occasionally buy a whole goat, let it cut the grass and generally tidy the garden for me, then i string it up and turn it into jamaican curried goat, yum yum.

Make lasagna and burgers from mince myself, and don't touch processed stuff, worst thing i eat is maccy d's 2/3 times a year, love a big mac every so often or even better burger king, yummy.

dpb

I was on a straight carrot only diet but if there's a chance of a cheap steak, I'm there

DYK

Couldn't give a toss,although i don't buy those cheap frozen meals anyhow,you might as well eat soggy cardboard....

rossyboy

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Stopped buying processed ham for making sandwiches and buy proper sliced ham from Costco now.

Just decided that its worth paying a little more to know that it's decent meat.

Oldun

I love fish and prefer fish over red meat, so it's not changed my eating habit at all.

I am sure I saw my local butcher driving one of these the other day.

http://www.prestigehorsebox.com/news...-3-stall/3.jpg

stonejedi

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Don't know what all the fuss is about really they have been eating horse meat for a long time in different countrys it's on most menus in France were it's considered a Sunday roast.most processed food is 10% this 40% that unless your cooking it from raw you don't know what your eating these days,just think like the Chinese,anything goes.SJ.

Dave Y

iTrader: (52)

The local butchers are rubbing their hands,watch their prices go sky high

AndyC_772

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I'm just wondering where I can go to buy free range horse steaks.

stonejedi

iTrader: (51)

it's funny but your right if you find out let me know.SJ.