Tesco Horse Meat Scandal

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by why?

so are you saying you are a vegetarian? I just couldn't do that. I don't care what they do, it tastes wonderful and i am still alive.

No, but I wouldn't say I eat it routinely either. After reading "Diet For a Small Planet" I didn't eat any meat for a couple of years.

If I'm dining at a restaurant in the Bay Area when visiting family, and one of the selections on the menu includes Nieman Ranch beef, I will always select that item...even if the restaurant is known for some completely unrelated item. If a selection includes Nieman Ranch beef, that source will always be listed on the menu.

I'm curious re the practices/laws/regulations re meat in other industrialized countries.....better re content allowed?....better sanitary practices?.....more practices in place that benefit consumers and are followed religiously?

I hadn't really thought about any of that for quite a while, and then Mad Dog's post popped up.

Another related bit of information just popped into my head. A friend of mine here in Texas who, unlike me, is an 'Ugly Texan' (he wants to change lots of things to make it like California (he's also a native Californian...and has been here twice as long as I have)) told me that Texas is much less strict (when compared to California) re what they allow in ground beef. He said this is all in the name of cutting costs and that most Texans are oblivious to this. He doesn't like it. He thinks this is wrong.