Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

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#1Feb 20th, 2013

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Traces of horsemeat leads Nestle to recall of some products
China National News Tuesday 19th February, 2013

• World's biggest food producer clears shelves in Spain and Italy
• Pasta meals made with beef withdrawn from sale in Europe
• Food giant last week claimed its products were unaffected by horsemeat scandal
ZURICH, Switzerland - Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has said it was withdrawing some beef pasta meals from Italy, Spain and France after finding traces of horse meat in them.
This is the latest in Europe's growing horse-meat scandal pulling in one after the other food companies.
The news has come embarrassing for the Swiss-based giant, because just last week Nestle insisted its products had not been affected by the scandal.
It said that tests carried out found more than one per cent horse DNA in two products.
"We have informed the authorities accordingly," Nestle said in a statement. "There is no food safety issue."
Horsemeat has been discovered in products labeled as beef in several European countries, sparking product recalls and consumer anger.
The scandal started in Ireland last month, when authorities there found horsemeat in some beef burgers sold in large UK supermarket chains, but it has now swept across Europe.
Supermarkets in the U.K., France, Germany and Switzerland, including British retail giant Tesco have withdrawn millions of products.
Nestle said it has withdrawn two chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, in Italy and Spain.
Lasagnes a la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen product for catering businesses produced in France, has also been withdrawn.
Nestle however insisted that none of its products on sale in Britain are affected.
It said deliveries of all its finished products using beef supplied by a German firm, H.J. Schypke, a subcontractor of one of its suppliers, JBS Toledo NV, was also being suspended.
The decision was made after traces of horse DNA were found in two products supplied by H.J. Schypke, Nestle said.
"We stress that the H.J. Schypke Meat Company has at no time purchased horse meat," said the company, which added it was now working with the authorities to resolve the situation.
"We want to apologize to consumers and reassure them that the actions being taken to deal with this issue will result in higher standards and enhanced traceability."
Nestle Chief Executive Paul Bulcke last week said the entire food industry had been affected by the horsemeat scandal.
"It has affected us because the whole food and beverage industry is in question again," he said.
"This is bad for so many people working hard to give safe and good food."
Horse isn't unsafe but there are concerns about hormones and drugs in horses passing into the human food chain.

Sal

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

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Nestle Chief Executive Paul Bulcke last week said the entire food industry had been affected by the horsemeat scandal.
"It has affected us because the whole food and beverage industry is in question again," he said.

As it should be, and certainly more so than it is.

china

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Commercially produced food is a poison .

lone wolf

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Aha! Nestle wouldn't tell me if "Imported by..." meant from China. Poor Dezel.... No more Beggin strips

gerryh

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

probably more contaminated beef from poland.

china

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

Aha! Nestle wouldn't tell me if "Imported by..." meant from China. Poor Dezel.... No more Beggin strips

Hey lone wolf , from your avatars picture I can see that the evolution " is for real ". ( smile)

Sal

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

Aha! Nestle wouldn't tell me if "Imported by..." meant from China. Poor Dezel.... No more Beggin strips

if that is Dezel, he is adorable and deserves only the best... I would rather pay more and give less... at least we know what they are eating. I buy only Canadian produced cat food. Her coat is amazing and her weight remains at ten pounds.

CDNBear

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

Aha! Nestle wouldn't tell me if "Imported by..." meant from China. Poor Dezel.... No more Beggin strips

We stopped feeding Daisey processed dog food, now we feed her raw chicken or lamb and steamed rice.

It's actually cheaper, she eats less, healthier and stopped getting ear infections.

Sal

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by CDNBear

We stopped feeding Daisey processed dog food, now we feed her raw chicken or lamb and steamed rice.

It's actually cheaper, she eats less, healthier and stopped getting ear infections.

Is that the barf diet?

CDNBear

#10

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Sal

Is that the barf diet?

Huh?

Sal

#11

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by CDNBear

Huh?

BARF It stands for Bones and raw meaty food. You can even buy it now already put together at some pet stores.

CDNBear

#12

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Sal

BARF It stands for Bones and raw meaty food. You can even buy it now already put together at some pet stores.

Ahhh.

Gotchya.

I don't know why anyone would buy it premade, it's already almost as easy as pouring dry food out of a bag.

Sal

#13

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by CDNBear

Ahhh.

Gotchya.

I don't know why anyone would buy it premade, it's already almost as easy as pouring dry food out of a bag.

Well being a germaphobe I'm not good at handling tons of raw meat. lol

CDNBear

#14

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Sal

Well being a germaphobe I'm not good at handling tons of raw meat. lol

Soap, warm water and hum a nursery rhyme. We've been handling raw meat and fish for years, we've never had a problem.

Sal

#15

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by CDNBear

Soap, warm water and hum a nursery rhyme. We've been handling raw meat and fish for years, we've never had a problem.

I agree, I think it's a phobia...lol...plus I am not a huge meat eater any more...just enough to get my protein other than that, meh, I could pass.

lone wolf

#16 Top Rated Post

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by china

Hey lone wolf , from your avatars picture I can see that the evolution " is for real ". ( smile)

Yeah.... Dezel is far more civilized and good-natured than some of the trolls in here

Quote: Originally Posted by CDNBear

We stopped feeding Daisey processed dog food, now we feed her raw chicken or lamb and steamed rice.

It's actually cheaper, she eats less, healthier and stopped getting ear infections.

I won't give Dezel raw anything. Taste of blood easily turns to the taste for livestock - and worms. He gets a lot of cooked moose....

Quote: Originally Posted by Sal

if that is Dezel, he is adorable and deserves only the best... I would rather pay more and give less... at least we know what they are eating. I buy only Canadian produced cat food. Her coat is amazing and her weight remains at ten pounds.

He's my brown clown - better'n a paid-up gym membership. He nags. It's been good for my life....

Niflmir

#17

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

It sounds a lot worse than it is when you haven't been to Europe. I can buy horse meat at my neighbourhood grocery store or butcher.

In Canada, it would be like them recalling cans of ravioli because there was some pork in them. Still bad, but, meh.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sal

Well being a germaphobe I'm not good at handling tons of raw meat. lol

Boy, you don't want to eat the steaks I cook then...

SLM

#18

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir

It sounds a lot worse than it is when you haven't been to Europe. I can buy horse meat at my neighbourhood grocery store or butcher.

In Canada, it would be like them recalling cans of ravioli because there was some pork in them. Still bad, but, meh.

The bad part, to me, is that what they say is in it, isn't. It's something else. Then I automatically go to "What else aren't they telling me?".

CDNBear

#19

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir

It sounds a lot worse than it is when you haven't been to Europe. I can buy horse meat at my neighbourhood grocery store or butcher.

Have you ever tried it?

It's like dog meat, and some wild game, it raises your body temp.

Filipino buddy of mine calls dog "Hot meat".

Quote:

Boy, you don't want to eat the steaks I cook then...

I just wipe the cows *** and walk it over the fire. Are you that bad?

Niflmir

#20

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by CDNBear

Have you ever tried it?

It's like dog meat, and some wild game, it raises your body temp.

Filipino buddy of mine calls dog "Hot meat".

I just wipe the cows *** and walk it over the fire. Are you that bad?

Apparently, in Spain, when things taste like crap, they say it tastes like dog. They apparently had to eat dog around the time of the second world war, when they were having their various civil problems, from what I was told.

We seem to cook beef to the same degree then. What can I say? We like the taste of meat in my family.

Quote: Originally Posted by SLM

The bad part, to me, is that what they say is in it, isn't. It's something else. Then I automatically go to "What else aren't they telling me?".

Yes. That is definitely the bad part. If it had been pork, they also would have had to make the recall due to strict European labeling laws. Recall the pink slime debacle in the USA? That's the creepy sort of thing, where it is legal to do such nonsense.

CDNBear

#21

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Feb 20th, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir

Apparently, in Spain, when things taste like crap, they say it tastes like dog. They apparently had to eat dog around the time of the second world war, when they were having their various civil problems, from what I was told.

I haven't had dog persay, but I've had Coyote cooked in a Korean style, sort of a sweet/soya sorta thing, it was pretty good.

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We seem to cook beef to the same degree then. What can I say? We like the taste of meat in my family.

I can't blame you. It's good. We like to buy prime rib on sale and cut it into huge steaks, massage it with butter and sprinkle Montreal steak spice on them before grilling them over a high heat for a few seconds, lol.

damngrumpy

#22

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Feb 20th, 2013

What gets me is how much of this stuff gets past inspectors and the head offices of the industry.
Surely these people are not that poor at their job and if that is the case they are lazy or in on the
actions of less scrupulus people. God only knows what we are eating

shadowshiv

#23

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 21st, 2013

I can't help but think that the actual number of tainted food (either human or pet) hasn't necessarily skyrocketed from days past, just that it is actually being reported more stringently. In the past, it could have just been the case of "what they don't know, won't hurt(kill) them" so they didn't report it like they do now. Either way, the number of incidents is higher than it should be.

SLM

#24

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Feb 21st, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by shadowshiv

I can't help but think that the actual number of tainted food (either human or pet) hasn't necessarily skyrocketed from days past, just that it is actually being reported more stringently. In the past, it could have just been the case of "what they don't know, won't hurt(kill) them" so they didn't report it like they do now. Either way, the number of incidents is higher than it should be.

Everything gets reported more these days than in the past. It's never really a matter of whether things are worse now than they were in days (years) gone by. The real question we need to ask ourselves is, now that we know what's happening, what are we going to do about it?

L Gilbert

#25

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 21st, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by china

Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products | China National News

Edition 0804/11China National News http://www.chinanationalnews.com9:10
Horse isn't unsafe but there are concerns about hormones and drugs in horses passing into the human food chain.

Concerns about hormones and drugs from horses passing into human food chains? Really? Ever taken a look at what goes into commercial beef? Or chicken? Or pork? Besides the anti-biotics, growth hormones, etc., there is also the fact that as living beings, cattle are filters for whatever is in their environment. Your neighbor sprays pesticides on his veggies, some wind carries it to your pasture where your cattle are eating grass: guess what, your cattle ingest it and it gets into their metabolisms.
Yeah, commercial foods. Oh, yummy

Highball

#26

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 21st, 2013

I wonder why all the fuss? When I served in the US military the Mess Units had to "stretch out " the Rations due to the inability of the system to keep us supplied with anything. I'll bet many a military Mess Kitchen meat grinder saw Horse, Dog, Monkey, Camel and other "restricted" whole food items. I think Whale was used to "Expand" rations on some small Pacific Island bases? I used to walk by Horse Meat Markets when we went on hunting trips to foreign nations. Even the presence of domestic Cats in some neighborhoods must have an explanation.

L Gilbert

#27

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Feb 21st, 2013

Dog, monkey, camel, and whale may just be healthier than commercial beef. Or horse for that matter.
How long ago were you in the military? Lots of stuff has probably been introduced into animals since, you know.

Nuggler

#28

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Feb 21st, 2013

quoteth yon Bear:"Filipino buddy of mine calls dog "Hot meat".

Heard the term "hot meat" before, but not in relation to dogs.

har har

nudge nudge

wink wink

LW" "Yeah.... Dezel is far more civilized and good-natured than some of the trolls in here"

Most dogs are..........eh.

Quote: Originally Posted by SLM

Everything gets reported more these days than in the past. It's never really a matter of whether things are worse now than they were in days (years) gone by. The real question we need to ask ourselves is, now that we know what's happening, what are we going to do about it?

Nah, we eat the same sh it, just wash our hands more.

And when things get REALLY bad, we stand up as one,............................and look the other way.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sal

As it should be, and certainly more so than it is.

So he attempts to spread the blame around. Typical Industrial Complex are se whole.

Quote: Originally Posted by damngrumpy

What gets me is how much of this stuff gets past inspectors and the head offices of the industry.
Surely these people are not that poor at their job and if that is the case they are lazy or in on the
actions of less scrupulus people. God only knows what we are eating

Grumps, they've probably been told to STFU and keep the line moving.

spaminator

#29

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Feb 21st, 2013

I hope that the horse meat didn't end up in any of the desserts/junk food.

Sal

#30

Re: Traces of horse meat leads Nestle to recall of some products

Feb 21st, 2013

Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir

It sounds a lot worse than it is when you haven't been to Europe. I can buy horse meat at my neighbourhood grocery store or butcher.

In Canada, it would be like them recalling cans of ravioli because there was some pork in them. Still bad, but, meh.

It's not "horse meat" that bothers me per se...it's that they LIED. Which shouldn't be a surprise but I am so tired of "oops" from big companies who make mega profits through lies. I am so done with that crap.

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Boy, you don't want to eat the steaks I cook then...

Meh, don't count me out. I love a nice cut of beef (my favourite meat) if it is done pink with a bit of blood. But if it is bleeding like a stuck pig, I'm done. And chicken best be thoroughly cooked but still with clear juice. And nicely seasoned with lots of veggies.

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