Horse meat in beef burgers “highlights traceability issues”

“Unlike many countries on the continent, UK has never had a civilisation of eating horsemeat,” the BHS says. Meat from horses is sometimes used every bit an share inwards convenience foods, every bit shown inwards this deep-freeze snack pack from The Netherlands.

The regain inwards Republic of Ireland of Equus caballus substance inwards diverse substance products highlights concerns near substance traceability too equine welfare, the British Horse Society says.

It argues that several serious nutrient hygiene issues remove addressing every bit a thing of urgency.

The charity says the conclusion terminal twelvemonth past times the agriculture way Defra to withdraw funding from the National Equine Database, too the subsequent loss of that database, has given rising to concerns that it is possible for contaminated horsemeat to instruct inwards the human nutrient chain.

In Britain, all horses must direct keep a passport which contains details of the drugs that a Equus caballus is given during its life. If a Equus caballus receives sure as shooting drugs, it may non move slaughtered for human consumption due to fears over the effects of these drugs on people.

However, with no primal database to facilitate checks, it is at nowadays possible for a Equus caballus to move issued with 2 passports; 1 inwards which medication is recorded too an plainly construct clean 1 to move presented at the fourth dimension of slaughter – allowing the medicated Equus caballus to move passed every bit represent for consumption.

“The moral issues of using horses every bit meat-producing animals direct keep likewise been brought into abrupt focus,” the charity said.

“Unlike many countries on the continent, UK has never had a civilisation of eating horsemeat too fifty-fifty the take in of it causes revulsion with many brute lovers. However, at that topographic point are likewise people who believe that if nosotros consume cows too sheep too therefore it is hypocrisy to reckon Equus caballus substance every bit beingness off the menu.”

The monastic state said it neither condoned nor encouraged the consumption of Equus caballus meat, believing it was a alternative for the individual.

“However, nosotros every bit a field must recognise the root of much of the Equus caballus substance produced inwards our country. Rather than coming from animals ethically raised specifically for the purpose, it tends to come upwardly from horses that are surplus to requirements; a forthwith resultant of Britain’s equine overpopulation problem.

“Years of unchecked indiscriminate breeding direct keep resulted inwards literally thousands of horses with piffling or no value too a shortage of responsible too knowledgeable owners willing to attention for them.

“Frequently, these are the animals that halt upwardly at the slaughter-house too the monastic state believes that tackling overpopulation should move our focus rather than debating the number of consuming horsemeat. The monastic state has been campaigning for a number of years to encourage Equus caballus owners to ‘Think Before You Breed’ too at that topographic point is nonetheless a long way to go.”

It noted that the resources of all equine welfare charities were beingness stretched every bit never earlier due to both the economical climate too equine population.

“We firmly believe that every bit a field of brute lovers nosotros should concentrate on the thousands of horses that remove our assist too permit individuals to brand their ain moral conclusion near which meats are acceptable for consumption.”

 

Bagikan Artikel ini