Comments on: Horse meat: Would Peter Boddy please feed a burger to Cordelia Gummer?

By: Marion Steggles

Marion Steggles — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:40:26 +0000

If they can con us by using horsemeat instead of beef ‘, what else are they doing with food we buy?

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:26:15 +0000

Parents pay enough for school lunches so obviously expect decent quality and at least to know what their kids are eating. It’s not the fact that it’s horsemeat – it’s 1. the meat has been described as beef and 2. there may be a problem with drug residue.
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You may think it trivial but I’m sure plenty of parents out there will be annoyed. It would also be interesting to see if any of this meat is in in products described as Halal. There’s already a dispute between The Lancashire Council of Mosques and the council because they’ve recently changed their school meal meat providers.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:57:54 +0000

What is the fuss about schools. Horsemeat is as wholesome and healthy as any other meat. There are far more important issues about childrens food. The price schools pay for the food is minimal and therefore probably contains a whole load of other fillers, scraps and gathered sweepings. Still probably healthier than the average packed lunch of the great unwashed. Why is this happening? Easy, food is too cheap. I noticed a ‘beef’ based ready meal in our local German chain supermarket for 89p – the contents, I doubt, has ever been close to a Moo.
Can’t decide if the supermarkets are giving us what we want or we are accepting what they sell. My old Mum would have liked all this horsing around. I can hear her now, “You get what you pay for, Son.”

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:22:24 +0000

“HORSEMEAT has been discovered in school meals in Lancashire, officials have confirmed.
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Lancashire County Council says horse DNA has been found in cottage pies delivered to 47 schools across the county.
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Council chiefs are set to release a statement on the matter later today.”

http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/horsemeat-discovered-in-lancashire-school-meals-1-5416582