Tons of low-grade Canadian horse meat were purchased and passed off as halal beef by the Dutch businessman who is now in custody as French authorities investigate the scandal in which horse meat from Romania wound up labelled as ground beef.
(The Globe and Mail – and for my background piece on the scandal, Spiegel Online.)
Yesterday the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) announced bold steps designed to improve endurance horse welfare, proposing unprecedented athlete penalties for equine injuries, extended rest periods, and increased accountability.
http://saraannon.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/lies-damn-lies-statistics-and-horse-slaughter-3/
for the USA part of the horse meat scandal .
it is big consciously purposefully bad business and needs to be treated as such
Oh, I’ve been following the US horse meat scene for years. It’s part of the book I’m working on. I have the material, not to worry!
Good to hear!