A POWERFUL painkiller made from the poison of jungle frogs is feared to have entered the food chain in contaminated horse meat. By: Stuart Winter / The Express / Sun, February 24, 2013 [caption id="attachment_15309" align="alignleft" width="300"] The painkiller is made from the poison of jungle frogs[/caption] The drug, extracted from...
(Personal note - I never thought that this blog would turn into posting articles about food safety. The lies, corruption and deceit might be focused on horsemeat at the moment, but the more I've read, the more I become aware that the food products we...
Humane Society International [caption id="attachment_15291" align="alignleft" width="300"] Voodoo - the forever wild horse[/caption] BRUSSELS – Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States delivered a petition with more than 9,000 signatures from European Union citizens who are calling on European Health and Consumer Policy...
(Personal comment - Let's all take this opportunity to do some mathematical calculations. Cost of leaving the wild horses alone - $0. Cost of removal - estimated at $1,000 per horse (depending on quantity removed at one time). Cost of long term storage - $1.38...
(Note: While there is probably a lot more to this story than is being published, it is hard to accept that no criminal charges will be filed against those who starved horses to death. Please go to the article site and comment by clicking here.) Alex...
By SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press, February 20, 2013 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma could soon allow the slaughter of horses for human consumption, ending a ban that has been in place in the state for close to 50 years, under a pair of bills easily approved...
Dr. Raj Persaud and Dr David James / Huffington Post Lifestyle / Feb 20, 2013 [caption id="attachment_15145" align="alignleft" width="256"] Recognizing emotions in animals[/caption] Everyone's getting upset because horses are turning up in our dinners rather than cows. But is it possible that this 'scandal' is revealing more about our...
Pat Reavy / Deseret News / Tuesday, Feb. 19 2013 Rory and Trudy Childs, who run Smoky Mountain Ranch in Spanish Fork, were arrested late last week for investigation of 101 counts each of animal cruelty and 31 counts each of having livestock at large. No criminal charges...
(Note - While this article is old, it points to promised changes that haven't been made. Some of the "meat" in this story came from Uruguay, an exporter of horsemeat, just like the US. As more DNA testing is done, we will find more and...
EurActiv,com / February 19, 2013 [caption id="attachment_15035" align="alignleft" width="300"] Horses waiting to be slaughtered at Dallas Crown, Kaufman, Texas[/caption] As the horsemeat-dressed-as-beef scandal continues to rock Europe’s food industry, a number of organisations are calling on stricter European regulation, including an EU-wide horse passport register. The Federation of...