Dietitian: Public expect to know what they are eating
– Gaynor Bussell, independent dietitianFrom a nutrition and food safety aspect there is no harm in eating horsemeat; the real issue is that today the public expect to know the ingredients of what they are eating.
People find eating some meats unacceptable, including horse which is not usually eaten in the UK.
Horse burgers: After the horse has bolted
The horsemeat scandal demonstrates how long and complicated the food chain we all depend on is. Regulating our food supply is expensive.
Horsemeat beef burgers spark Twitter gag frenzy
Some of the best, and worst, jokes and gags from Twitter users discussing the discovery of horse DNA in some supermarket beef burgers.
Where did the horse DNA in beef burgers come from?
We've seen the jokes on Twitter but the discovery of horse and pig DNA in beefburgers poses a serious question; where did it come from?