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No. What I am saying is if you didn't tell me, I'd probably keep on eating it.
[horse meat in burgers...what if they've been doing this all along?]
When you read the article, you will see that one of the BK beed suppliers in the UK tested positive for traces of horsemeat. No actual BK burger tested positive. None the less, BK cut off this particular supplier. The end. Enjoy your Whopper.
First of all, there have been ZERO burgers from Burger King that have tested positive for the presence of horse meat - anywhere, in any of their locations worldwide.
Secondly, the meat bought from the supplier in question (from Poland) was NEVER sold or eaten in the US. The only BK restaurants even possibly affected were in the UK and Ireland. And I repeat, no traces of equine DNA were found in ANY Burger King locations anywhere in the world.
First of all, there have been ZERO burgers from Burger King that have tested positive for the presence of horse meat - anywhere, in any of their locations worldwide.
Secondly, the meat bought from the supplier in question (from Poland) was NEVER sold or eaten in the US. The only BK restaurants even possibly affected were in the UK and Ireland. And I repeat, no traces of equine DNA were found in ANY Burger King locations anywhere in the world.
Horse meat is probably more expensive than beef because it's harder to find. Are you sure this is true?
Horse meat goes for between 10 cents and 80 cents a pound--just because it is "rare" and not found on your supermarket shelf doesn't mean it is expensive. It's probably not hard to find via the large meat brokers, who often import from places like Mexico where concern for animals is virtually non-existent. There's a good financial reason BK decided to use it.
That being said, I now have to boycott BK until they don't use it anymore--as all animal lovers like myself should (vocally). I've owned horses, slaughtering them for meat is simply wrong. Same for dogs and cats, and goats (which are quite like dogs when raised properly). Human beings need to have some standards for what we consider food: we don't eat other human beings, for example, even though there is no shortage of potential "meat" there as humans take up more and more of the biomass of the planet.
I must also condemn places like France (ironically, the highlight of liberal dogma), where apparently low price trumps ethics: "Horse meat is once again a big thing in France, increasingly considered an alternative to expensive beef as food costs rise and people look for cheaper substitutes." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/op....13829773.html
As to Burger King's rebuttal that only England and Ireland got horsemeat in their burgers, I suspect that if it can happen there, it can happen here. There's no way our government is going to test all of Burger King's suppliers or products, and if they did the media would not report it--Big Business makes the rules here, controls our government, and supports the media with its advertising dollars.
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Would Be nice to fact check first
