Khon Kaen: Thai police bust illegal horse meat operation - 100 baht/kilo bound for Vietnam and China

[rooster59 18,598]

Khon Kaen: Thai police bust illegal horse meat operation - 100 baht/kilo bound for Vietnam and China

 

Image: INN News

 

Police in Khon Kaen in Thailand's north east announced the arrest of a 44 year old Thai woman called Kanyarat and charged her with various offences connected to dealing in illegal horse meat. 

 

She had no licence and moved animals contrary to regulations from Nakhon Ratchasima to a farm in Waeng Yai district of Khon Kaen. 

 

Investigators found 44 horses about to be slaughtered at a processing plant. 

 

The farm owner was also arrested. 

 

INN reported that once cut up the meat would sell for 100 baht a kilo and be smuggled across a natural border before being delivered to markets in Vietnam and China. 

 

Source: INN News

 

 

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[ezzra 44,068]

Nothing wrong with horse meat, many countries are using horse meat in their charcuterie preparation, they think nothing when consuming dog meats in many parts of this country but horse meat is a no no, of course, not condoning illegal meat trades, but correctly done horse meat is a good meat...

[bluesofa 41,364]

13 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Nothing wrong with horse meat, many countries are using horse meat in their charcuterie preparation, they think nothing when consuming dog meats in many parts of this country but horse meat is a no no, of course, not condoning illegal meat trades, but correctly done horse meat is a good meat...

IIRC weren't Tesco in the UK caught up in a horse meat scandal a couple of years ago, labelling as something other?

[lopburi3 10,089]

Do I recall a "virus" killing houses recently?  

Thailand's horse industry devastated as African virus spreads

[harada 4,078]

I ate horse meat a couple of times whilst stuck in Moscow for a few days back in the 1970s ( Aeroflot stuff up ) tasted ok, I didn’t know what type of meat it was until a Russian friend back in Oz told me , it would have to be a few steps up on bats and Pangolin surely.

[puchooay 1,423]

Eaten a lot in Britain during second world war. Other meat was rationed so horse was a substitute meat. I bet nobody complained then.

[DaLa 1,395]

Try to get rabbit or some game in the UK, PC brigade only want to eat chicken nuggets. I once went to a restaurant in Rio and there were 16 different meats on the menu..no veg;  just a slice of this and another slice of that please. 

 

Isn't this because in the west we weren't fed this from when we were born?  Just look at the Thais munching down insects as an expensive treat. I personally draw a line at the insect buffet and of course cannibalism.

[Cake Monster 4,929]

1 hour ago, puchooay said:

Eaten a lot in Britain during second world war. Other meat was rationed so horse was a substitute meat. I bet nobody complained then.

I have eaten Horse Meat knowingly on several occasions in France.

I must say it was delicious.

[ukrules 21,509]

I don't think horse is banned, they see, to have lacked the proper licenses.

 

I doubt you would be able to operate a run of the mill cattle abattoir without the correct licenses either.

 

Having said that, I've never eaten horse and don't intend to start.

Edited January 16 by ukrules

[bluesofa 41,364]

19 hours ago, DaLa said:

Try to get rabbit or some game in the UK, PC brigade only want to eat chicken nuggets. I once went to a restaurant in Rio and there were 16 different meats on the menu..no veg;  just a slice of this and another slice of that please. 

 

Isn't this because in the west we weren't fed this from when we were born?  Just look at the Thais munching down insects as an expensive treat. I personally draw a line at the insect buffet and of course cannibalism.

You wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

 

Edited January 17 by bluesofa

[colinneil 75,824]

Just now, bluesofa said:

You wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

 

Bit like me then.

Many years ago on holiday in Belgium, i ate horse meat, it was ok, very lean, no fat on it.

[soi3eddie 1,909]

 

I think the story here should be not whether it is horse meat but rather the sanitary environment for processing, storage and shipping. 100 Baht per kilo sounds too cheap for such an exotic meat and I doubt food safety standards are followed. Is it shipped frozen? If not then does it "age" like beef? Could be rank by the time it gets consumed. What about vector for virus transmission? Who knows!

 

[faraday 11,833]

21 hours ago, bluesofa said:

IIRC weren't Tesco in the UK caught up in a horse meat scandal a couple of years ago, labelling as something other?

 

Yes they were, & apparently traces of zebras found in Tesco barcodes.

[bluesofa 41,364]

Just now, faraday said:

Yes they were, & apparently traces of zebras found in Tesco barcodes.

Aw naw, not the horses in pyjamas again.

[transam 50,109]

9 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Bit like me then.

Many years ago on holiday in Belgium, i ate horse meat, it was ok, very lean, no fat on it.

..........but I ended up with the trots......