is horsemeat safe to eat?
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video on YouTube. It addresses the angle the meat is tainted and not
even safe for dogs to eat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSuLcx5UME
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I did not watch the video because of my slow internet connection, but
I have owned over 100 horses thru my life. In all honesty, horses are
my best friends and I enjoy them more than most people or other
animals. There is no way in hell that I'd eat horse meat. But to
answer the question about whether it's safe to eat, the answer is
mostly yes. However, if the horse was recently dewormed, or given
other medication, then no. But this is no different than beef. In
fact cattle are probably medicated more than horses, mostly because
they are kept in tighter quarters, and thus could spread diseases
faster.
According to law, all cattle are not supposed to be given medication
within a certain time period before slaughter, which varies according
to the meds. However it says on a tube of horse dewormer to not give
the stuff for X amount of days prior to slaughter for human
consumption. (I forget the amount of days). So, those are the rules.
But are they always followed? I can guarantee they are not. When a
horse or cow is sold at an auction for slaughter, no one knows if that
animal was given a drug that same day, and there is no cost effective
way to test each animal. It's mostly just the word of the seller, and
many sellers only care about the price they get for the animal.
So, to answer this question I pretty much have to say that NO DOMESTIC
ANIMAL is 100% safe for human consumption, unless it's your own animal
and you slaughter it yourself. You probably have a better chance with
wild game, but even then who knows if that animal ate some grass the
day before being killed, which was contaminated with some household,
industrial or agricultural chemical. There is a lot of toxic junk
everywhere, and any animal can get into it. Yet, to take this one
step further, no one really knows what was sprayed or came in contact
with the vegetables and other produce sold in stores either.
The best solution is to make/grow your own food, whether it's plant or
animal. But please do not eat horses.