Burger King admits it has been selling beef burgers containing horsemeat

Burger King has tonight admitted that it has been selling burgers and Whoppers containing horsemeat despite two weeks of denials.

The fast food chain, which has more than 500 UK outlets, had earlier given a series of absolute assurances that its products were not involved.

However, new tests have revealed these guarantees were incorrect in a revelation that threatens to destroy the trust of customers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271440/Burger-King-admits-selling-beef-burgers-Whoppers-containing-horse-meat.html#ixzz2JcjgbRzG 

PUBLISHED: 17:41 GMT, 31 January 2013 | UPDATED: 02:16 GMT, 1 February 2013

Burger King has tonight admitted that it has been selling burgers and Whoppers containing horsemeat despite two weeks of denials.

The fast food chain, which has more than 500 UK outlets, had earlier given a series of absolute assurances that its products were not involved.

However, new tests have revealed these guarantees were incorrect in a revelation that threatens to destroy the trust of customers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271440/Burger-King-admits-selling-beef-burgers-Whoppers-containing-horse-meat.html#ixzz2JcjgbRzG 

JJ_Productions

Isn't horse meat supposed to be better than beef?

First of all I don't eat at Burger King. Secondly I don't live in the UK, and third what's wrong with horse meat?-Fromage-

Whew, I'm saved. 

Maybe it is a horsbeef. A new special breed.magicalclick

Was it the mane ingredient?

meh, i'd like to have a horseburger. maybe BK isn't the first place i'd go for one, but i'd certainly try it.

it's kinda scummy that that they didn't tell people about it, but honestly i take all these "100% beef" fast food claims with a grain of salt. it would probably be a bigger deal in the US though because i think horsemeat is illegal here.

This is just for the eu, us americans are fine.JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]This is just for the eu, us americans are fine.PSP107

They better pony up the cash for settlementsbobaban

They better pony up the cash for settlementsbobaban

[QUOTE="bobaban"]They better pony up the cash for settlementsJJ_Productions

Quit Horsing around and give me recognition

[QUOTE="JJ_Productions"]

Burger King has tonight admitted that it has been selling burgers and Whoppers containing horsemeat despite two weeks of denials.

The fast food chain, which has more than 500 UK outlets, had earlier given a series of absolute assurances that its products were not involved.

However, new tests have revealed these guarantees were incorrect in a revelation that threatens to destroy the trust of customers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271440/Burger-King-admits-selling-beef-burgers-Whoppers-containing-horse-meat.html#ixzz2JcjgbRzG 

MetalDogGear

[QUOTE="MetalDogGear"][QUOTE="JJ_Productions"]

Burger King has tonight admitted that it has been selling burgers and Whoppers containing horsemeat despite two weeks of denials.

The fast food chain, which has more than 500 UK outlets, had earlier given a series of absolute assurances that its products were not involved.

However, new tests have revealed these guarantees were incorrect in a revelation that threatens to destroy the trust of customers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271440/Burger-King-admits-selling-beef-burgers-Whoppers-containing-horse-meat.html#ixzz2JcjgbRzG 

Jacobistheman

meh, i'd like to have a horseburger. maybe BK isn't the first place i'd go for one, but i'd certainly try it.

it's kinda scummy that that they didn't tell people about it, but honestly i take all these "100% beef" fast food claims with a grain of salt. it would probably be a bigger deal in the US though because i think horsemeat is illegal here.

LoG-Sacrament

Some people are asking whats the beef with horse meat? Its not the content of the product but the misleading of the the customers by claiming 100% Beef. That is the meat of the problem. JJ_Productions

i dont think there's anything wrong with horse meat. but i had some of the tesco's burgers a while ago and they were horrible. at first i thought it was because they were out of date. 

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]

meh, i'd like to have a horseburger. maybe BK isn't the first place i'd go for one, but i'd certainly try it.

it's kinda scummy that that they didn't tell people about it, but honestly i take all these "100% beef" fast food claims with a grain of salt. it would probably be a bigger deal in the US though because i think horsemeat is illegal here.

MrGeezer

it's one of those things where i don't want to know what's in the meat. i used to get soft shell tacos at taco bell which were just taco meat, cheese, and soft tortillas. without fail, i'd somehow get crunchy bits every time. now i just get the hard shells so i don't notice.

if i found out the crunch was ground up horse bones, i'd probably be a little relieved.

For those asking "whats wrong with horse meat?"

I counter ask, "Whats wrong with dog meat?"

Its about cultureal perspectives, and where I live (Kentucky) they are equally as taboo.

I'm fine with horsemeat. Maybe McDonalds should add some horsemeat to their "all beef patties", because I'd sure as hell rather eat a burger from Burger King than from McDonalds. MrGeezer

^This.

I wonder how many Jews and Muslims ate those burgers.Ace6301

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]I wonder how many Jews and Muslims ate those burgers.dercoo

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]I wonder how many Jews and Muslims ate those burgers.Ace6301

Kosher marks it as having some degree of certification to meat general religious standards. Eating outside of said label is proceeding at own risk. However many Jews are not scared to death of accidentaly eating the wrong meat so are Ok with such "risks"

Howver if they actually labeled it Kosher, they could get in some serious trouble.

[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="dercoo"] I don't think it was classified as Kosher. However if they ran that too then this could produce some serious lawsuits. 

dercoo

Kosher marks it as having some degree of certification to meat general religious standards. Eating outside of said label is proceeding at own risk. However many Jews are not scared to death of accidentaly eating the wrong meat so are Ok with such "risks"

Howver if they actually labeled it Kosher, they could get in some serious trouble.

For those asking "whats wrong with horse meat?"

I counter ask, "Whats wrong with dog meat?"

Its about cultureal perspectives, and where I live (Kentucky) they are equally as taboo.

dercoo

Then I guess you are going to fall off your chair when I tell you that where I live there's a sausage made out of horse meat which is sold throughout the center-parts of Sweden that tastes so awesome. As a matter of fact, I'm eating it right now! :D

[QUOTE="MetalDogGear"][QUOTE="JJ_Productions"]

Burger King has tonight admitted that it has been selling burgers and Whoppers containing horsemeat despite two weeks of denials.

The fast food chain, which has more than 500 UK outlets, had earlier given a series of absolute assurances that its products were not involved.

However, new tests have revealed these guarantees were incorrect in a revelation that threatens to destroy the trust of customers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271440/Burger-King-admits-selling-beef-burgers-Whoppers-containing-horse-meat.html#ixzz2JcjgbRzG 

Jacobistheman

They're probably not chomping at the bit to come clean, but they hoof to do so sooner or later.

Is there anything wrong with horse meat other than people thinking that it's fine to eat Cows/Deer/Bear/etc but not horses?Legolas_Katarn

[QUOTE="Legolas_Katarn"]Is there anything wrong with horse meat other than people thinking that it's fine to eat Cows/Deer/Bear/etc but not horses?Ace6301

Apparently is quite nice, I'd like to try a horse steak.

So what...

We eat horse meat in Japan as sashimi.

Nothing wrong with a bit a horse.

What's wrong with horsemeat since we already have ate cowmeat.. ?!Dogswithguns

Cows can't talk, people don't like when their food talks. Its why we don't eat parrots.

[QUOTE="Dogswithguns"]What's wrong with horsemeat since we already have ate cowmeat.. ?!tenaka2

Cows can't talk, people don't like when their food talks. Its why we don't eat parrots.

I don't eat at burger king anymore.

Would you really care or notice if you didn't know?

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Now I am not advocating eating horse meat. But would someone really care or know if they were eating it? and what is soo eww about horse meat, when people eat various other kinds of meat.

What we learned here is that horses are tasty.

Would you really care or notice if you didn't know?

Now I am not advocating eating horse meat. But would someone really care or know if they were eating it? and what is soo eww about horse meat, when people eat various other kinds of meat.

dramaybaz

Agreed, not fussed about eating horse.

I be more concerned if they found traces of dog, cat or gangster.

Yeah it would bother me. I stopped eating Burger King years ago, back in the 90s, when some kind of investigation showed them as the fast food restaurant in the US with the most maggots. But if I did eat it, I'd be pretty pissed if they were serving me horsemeat.