Burger King admits to horse meat Whoppers

[Hum]

Burger King admits to horse meat in its burgers, including the world-famous Whoppers, in its United Kingdom locations. The news comes two weeks after the popular fast food restaurant chain first denied the presence of horse meat in its food. According to a Jan. 31, 2013 report by The Daily Mail, "The contaminated burgers were made by the Irish-based processing company, Silvercrest, which is part the ABP Foods Group."

Blocks of frozen meat from a non-approved supplier in Poland turned out to be the culprit. The imported beef contained minute amounts of horse meat that made their way into burgers, including those sold at Burger King.

The news that Burger King admits horse meat in its burgers only after two weeks of denials is leading some to believe an intentional coverup was being perpetrated on unwitting consumers. One theory has it that the company denied the presence of horse meat in its food long enough to procure an alternate supplier.

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[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Ha! That is why I eat at Wendys

[Marshall Veteran]

Ha! That is why I eat at Wendys

Wendy's burgers are made out of raccoon meat.

I kid :D

[Hum]

I don't know about the UK, but over here I noticed some change in the Whopper meat, some years ago.

Who knows what might be in them ...

[moloko]

so what that shizzz is good

[FrancoisC]

I guess it's a country specific thing.... here in Canada horse meat is perfectly legal.

[n_K]

So much for 'we only use angus beef' blah blah, haha CAUGHT out lying again importing it from a polish supplier!

I'm waiting for them to be sued for using the 'flame grilled' statement now, they always used to flame grill but for the past 2 years every unfortunate time I went to a BK, it was microwaved.

[44MLX]

Selling horse meat as beef burgers is a whole different story

[carmatic]

just who exactly is this 'non approved supplier' in Poland?

[+Eternal Tempest MVC]

NPR did a good cover of the story.

http://www.npr.org/b...-in-its-patties

Pork & Horse DNA found in "meat". It was due to a supplier of a supplier shipped it to various company's including Burger King.

(From article) Irony - it may of been actually healthier then the real thing.

[Hum]

just who exactly is this 'non approved supplier' in Poland?

^ Warsaw racetrack :laugh:

[Anibal P]

Big deal, meat is meat, is meat

I would like to know it'd horse, but either way it's still just meat

[Hum]

^ So you are a cannibal ? :laugh:

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Who really knows what is in any of this stuff we eat from McDonalds, Taco Bell,,,etc.

[FrancoisC]

Selling horse meat as beef burgers is a whole different story

good point!

[Detection]

Sounds very unlikely that Burger King would admit something like this without a huge investigation and public scandal investigation dragging them though the media and backing them into a corner first

The accusation wouldn't surprise me, but their admission does

[+Eternal Tempest MVC]

Who really knows what is in any of this stuff we eat from McDonalds, Taco Bell,,,etc.

Taco bell was in the news questioning there "meat" but the other ingredients didn't sour my stomach, like "oatmeal".

It was the low percent of meat that they were getting flack about.

McDonalds... scare's me.

Especially there old chicken nuggets :)

[francescob]

Es carne de burro!

[Growled Member]

As long as Sonic serves 'real' meat I am fine. :p

[Nothing Here]

I don't know about the UK, but over here I noticed some change in the Whopper meat, some years ago.

Who knows what might be in them ...

It's long pig in the Whoppers here in the States. That's why I refuse to eat there.

[SiCKX]

LOL DailyMail.

This kind of stuff can only be dramatized in the UK.

[FloatingFatMan]

I guess it's a country specific thing.... here in Canada horse meat is perfectly legal.

It's perfectly legal here too. However, the law requires ALL ingredients to be disclosed, and that didn't happen.

Also, though I personally quite like horse meat, it's NOT common to eat in the UK as most of us see horses as pets not dinner.

[Scorbing]

Is that why they are so damn good?

[TPreston]

:rofl: :rofl:

[belto]

horse meat is actually good.