to turn red meat free until UK do correct checks on meat that comes in from EU

[seaofyou]

it has totally turned my stomach. not so much horse but diseased chemically vacs horses that were not fit for hunan consumption.

bought meatfree pies today in Tescos! will stick to fish and chicken (free range and UK bred)

anyone else giving meat a miss until this whole meat EU checks are enforced/tightened.

[Jinsei]

I don't eat meat anyway but yanbu. We have no idea what is in any of these products. And I don't know if we can be certain that veggie processed food is ok either. Stick to cooking from scratch if you ask me!

[gordyslovesheep]

yabu just buy decent meat locally - its the vile processed shite thats the issue

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Cook from scratch and buy local. I wouldn't trust meat free pies either, bleugh.

[calandarbear]

I always cook from scratch so I'm not changing my habits but I'm quite sure if I did buy ready meals and processed foods I would stop in the light of this scandal.

[Pixel]

Or romanian horses, regardless of drugs etc, as I can't imagine their abattoirs have very high welfare standards .

I couldn't bring myself to buy anything but bacon this week, and made sure it was british (I always do anyway). Surely they can't substitute that with something else? I was in Aldi earlier buying bananas and noticed the freezers with the mince etc in were full up to the top so you are not alone OP.

[Bluestocking]

YANBU. Buy meat from your local butcher - choose one that can confidently tell you where the meat comes from. Yes, it'll be expensive, but why should meat be cheap? And what makes you think non-red meat is somehow more reliable than red?

[CremeEggThief]

Jinsei, have to admit I have started wondering about my frozen veggie soya burgers...

[RevoltingPeasant]

Surely it's also that British retailers are sending meat from Ireland over to the continent? So it's not that the EU are out to get us, but we are contaminating others?

Anyhow wouldn't really want to bet that everything labelled 'chicken' is actually.... ick.

I don't eat meat but if you are that bothered, why not go to a local farm shop and buy identifiable cuts? Obvs more expensive so buy a few every month and eat meat 1-2 times a week, but know what you're getting.

[SoldeInvierno]

I don't eat meat, but if I did, I think I would be cutting down to eating it occasionally but only buying the best cuts directly from a butcher. Better little and good quality.

[RedToothBrush]

Why just red meat?

I would image theres a similar problem with white meat too...

[babiesinslingsgetcoveredinfood]

YABU buy meat not processed meat. Buy British. Just eat less of it. Better for you & will cost same if you chuck in a couple of meat free days.

[RevoltingPeasant]

This is probably totally sensationalistic and tasteless, but what the hell.

A comment on The Guardian website recently pointed out that they think now all this is driven by mafiosi types, or gangs at least. It also pointed out that you only find the stuff you are testing for, in this case equine DNA.

So, the question was... is anyone testing processed meat for human DNA?

[TheFallenNinja]

Cool - Soylent Green.

[Bunfags]

YANBU. I was eating meat free stuff, but after this business with the horses, I don't trust that either. I'd feel more confident buying from my local butcher.

[Rugbycomet]

What do you mean.......comes from the EU??? We are in the Eu!! And all the countries mentioned are in the Eu!!?

[seaofyou]

How do I know the meat at the butchers is safe? (is their a label to say UK standards and UK bred?).

Never ever bought processed meat...just normal pork chops/steak/stewing beef can't even go down the aisle eek!

On brink of turning veggie from all this!

[MonkeySea]

YABU, the red tractor logo is for British meat, which has not been affected, it's the shit foreign meat that they bought in crap ready meals that is the source of the scandal.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

My local butcher has pictures of the pigs they use at the farm. It is four times the price of supermarket meat but we don't eat that much meat so [shrug]. Ask your butcher where they source their meat from. You won't be the first one to ask this week!

[seaofyou]

Red Tractor logo thanks MonkeySea never looked for of noticed a logo before as never thought about it uuugh!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

we buy ours from our local farm shop. As they have the animals all there (and slaughter them locally) I feel its ok.
However, when eating out and about I shall think very carefully about what I eat! Have asked dd to eat veggie when she eats school meals, until this is all sorted.

[RevoltingPeasant]

Sorry meant the continent

[seaofyou]

Thanks MrsTP will ask (but not trust anymore my confidence is quashed thanks flaming Tescos!!).

[FeistyLass]

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