my view on this continuing meat scandal….. 

To me, eating horse-meat is just the same as eating beef or pork. While in UK and Ireland, horse is not part of the food chain and is not socially acceptable, in many countries it is and we have no right to criticize what people in other counties find acceptable to eat. My problem is when a product like horse-meat is illegally substituted for another product, deliberately mislabeled and fraudulently sold. There a very strict veterinary procedures for animals intended as a food source, the drugs used to treat them must be fully documented and animals which have been treated with certain drugs are not allowed to enter the food chain. With horse-meat being illegally substituted on such a widespread scale, most certainly with a criminal intention, the strict veterinary procedures are not correctly followed. THAT is my issue with this current meat scandal. If you want to eat horse-meat  then I don’t have a problem, as long as that meat product is correctly labeled and the correct veterinary and processing procedures have been followed.