A potentially harmful painkiller bute in the horsemeat chain scandal in the EU

Friday, February 15th 2013 - 18:39 UTC

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Horse carcasses containing the painkiller bute could have been entering the food chain in significant numbers for some time, the head of the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has admitted. Read full article

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Nostrolldamus the 10th
And on top of THAT, this:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-horsemeat-walmart-idUSBRE91D1EA20130214

Gosh, last year it was deadly alfalfa sprouts that killed dozens in Germany, Sweden, Netherlands... before it was Mad Cow contagion in the UK, before that the water in Spain, now this.

What an awful place to live.
Feb 15th, 2013 - 07:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DennisA
Even horse racing is affected now. At a recent meeting a horse refused a jump and the trainer was heard to mutter, “that horse was chicken”.
Feb 16th, 2013 - 11:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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