Frederick Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 If it is so harmless ........Why is there a big search on at the moment to find six carcases that tested positive for Bute that were sent to France in the past few weeks so they can be stopped from entering the food chain ? The fact remains if Vets say the stuff is danger to human health and forbid the slaughter of a horse passing into the human food chain . That's what should happen regardless of how many burgers eaten it will take to effect someone .. Perhaps out of this will come some tighter regulations that will be harder to break by the crooks in the processed food industry . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Bute, the drug in question, is used to treat some people with severe arthritis. In rare cases it can cause a serious blood disorder known as aplastic anaemia, The concentration of t bute in the affected carcases was very low so there should be little risk from these carcases. In the present situation nogovernment can afford not to be seen to be taking this seriously.The problem arises that because bute is administered to horses orally it is not always given to the correct horse which will have had its passport marked as "Not for human consumption". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 French firm is a true European!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21464052 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Nidea Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Further to my post yesterday about the effect of drugs in the water supply, I looked on the internet today to see what there is about it.At my age I don't have any worries, but should we be concerned for our grandchildren? That's unless the big rock, reckoned to just miss us tonight, catches the earth a glancing blow to send us toward the moon or sun. It could be the first 149 snooker break in space. The very least it would do is to knock the horse meat scandal off the front pages.http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/landuse/vol26_1/gorman.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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