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Gardaí believe some animals have effectively been smuggled into the food chain THE IRISH TIMES by Connor Lang (2 Jul 20) — Gardai have arrested five people as part of a lengthy investigation into horse meat unfit for human consumption entering the food chain by manipulation of safety measures. The five were held on suspicion… Continue reading Five crime gang arrests over unfit horse meat entering food chain
Sue Wallis, aka "Slaughterhouse Sue," may lose her seat as a Wyoming State Representative, but doubt she will shed too many tears over it. Wallis has carved out another career for herself -- while she was supposed to be out representing her constituency -- as a seller of horse meat. "Slaughterhouse Sue is the Executive… Continue reading Natural or cloned, should we be eating horses?
A BILL TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER IN CANADA >> Americans can help too! What you can do to help! Written by SINIKKA CROSLAND Background On June 16, 2010, NDP Agriculture Critic MP Alex Atamanenko tabled (introduced) Private Members Bill C-544 that would effectively shut down the slaughter of horses in Canada for human consumption. Bill… Continue reading CHDC calls Canadians to action on horse slaughter Bill C-544
The original intention of the law suspending funding of USDA inspections at horse slaughter plants was clear: to put an end to horse slaughter on American soil. Notwithstanding this fact, it would behoove the USDA to hold fast to this regulation and resist the urge to find wiggle room around it. Why? How about the… Continue reading States willing to take on Feds to sell horse meat abroad
Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal signed HB 122 into law March 9 of this year. The law provides the Wyoming Board of Livestock with three options to deal with abandoned, stray, feral or abused animals which enter into their jurisdiction. The Board may take the animal to public sale, which was the only option prior to… Continue reading Wyoming plans to poison prisoners and the elderly with horse meat
Cross-posted from HarnessLink.com A peer reviewed scientific study tracing race horses sent to slaughter for human consumption has found that 100% of the horses in the study group had been administered phenylbutazone, a banned carcinogen that can also fatally damage the bone marrow of humans. The findings appear to validate the European Union's recent tightening… Continue reading Contaminated horse meat a health risk
The flesh of "unwanted horses" is acknowledged to be toxic when consumed by humans. And who among the politicians, equine practitioners, and veterinarians lobbying to prevent a ban on the slaughter of American horses -- in the name of equine welfare -- would wish to be responsible for the deleterious impact for human welfare associated… Continue reading Horse slaughter: The economic reality of scarce and toxic horses
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is making it mandatory that any horse being slaughtered for human consumption must be accompanied by its rather cumbersome Equine Identification Document. CFIA came up with this horse health tracking mechanism in response to an EU mandate that horses from North America must be quarantined for six months prior… Continue reading How will Canadian rules impact slaughter exports
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reporting system of equine health histories including a complete record of medical treatments administered for the six-month period prior to slaughter is flawed, unenforceable, and does not comply with the EU directive effective July 31, 2010, prohibiting equines treated with banned drugs from entering the human food chain. EU… Continue reading CFIA reporting system for slaughter horses flawed and unenforceable
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