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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Burger King Decides To Not Take The Chance Of Horse Meat Ending Up In Its Whoppers

Burger King has decided to end its relationship with a meat processing company in Ireland that, last week, was among those found to be churning out some beef products containing small amounts of horse meat.
The company tells the AP that its decision to cut ties with the meat processor is a “voluntary and precautionary measure” and stresses that it’s not an issue of food safety. After all, Burger King says its patties are 100% beef, so it would only seem right to take measures to insure that statement is true.

For BK fans in the UK and Ireland, this may mean a brief shortage in the availability of Whoppers and other beef items at the fast food chain. Though we’re sure most of these people would rather go without Burger King for a while than be unsure about whether they are eating cow or horse meat.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

dang, and horseburger is so tasty! Where do I go now?

Anonymous said...

As a child I ate a horsemeat burger at the Delaware State Fair.I don't recall the exact circumstances that enabled the stands to sell it,but I can recall people talking about it.Being 5 years old or so in the late 50's I did'nt think much about it like I would today.My father had one also.We both concurred that it tasted like beef.

Anonymous said...

horse meat is very tasty, i ate it in europe a number of times. thanks sjd