Surely it shows the true extent of Europe's powerlessness
Europe is unable to regulate meat effectively.
This idea that Britain on its own would stop all meat imports is ludicrous.
(BertnotErnie, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 18:10, Reply)

And the idea that Europe wouldn't ban Mexican meat if it contained BSE is equally ludicrous

(BertnotErnie, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 18:12, Reply)

surely the elephant in the room is profit?

( artifus is doing it all wrong, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 18:18, Reply)

*chops up elephant, sells as chicken, waits for profits*

(BertnotErnie, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 18:20, Reply)

haha!
or are you suggesting that it's 'human nature' rather than our current economic systems and social/cultural values at work here?
( artifus is doing it all wrong, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 18:33, Reply)

The economic and social conditions of modernity do not have an exclusive ownership to mislabelling food
Archaeologists have consistently shown that many British medieval pubs served cat in their meat pies.
What today's conditions do offer is a global surveillance culture targeting food, consumer-law, and branded and accountable produce. Modernity is part of the solution if you wish pure beef in your burger.
(BertnotErnie, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 21:59, Reply)

agreed...
this bloke is very good on that point and always worth a read...
www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/rod-liddle/8843011/the-poor-have-been-sold-horse-dressed-as-beef-and-they-should-be-compensated/
(itilliterate, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 18:23, Reply)

Rod Liddle is an utter, utter cunt

(benito vaselini half Cherokee and Chocktaw, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 19:15, Reply)

how come?

(itilliterate, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 19:18, Reply)

dunno, probably something nasty happened in his childhood
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Liddle#Controversies
(benito vaselini half Cherokee and Chocktaw, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 19:27, Reply)

Agree with him
everyone who's got a horse burger - head for the courts
(BertnotErnie, Sat 16 Feb 2013, 21:52, Reply)