Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Testing Finds More Contaminated Horse Meat « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Testing Finds More Contaminated Horse Meat « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Chicago (EWA) – Following a ban funding for USDA inspections, and state legislation in Texas and Illinois, the last three horse slaughter plants in the US were closed in 2007. The result was that the horses were shipped to Canada and Mexico for slaughter. Last year the prohibition on funding was lifted, but now the very market for the meat from US horses is in question.

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