Talking Points

Published January 17, 2013 5:00am ET



Why were 10 million burgers recalled in Britain?

Two words: horse meat. Beef products from three companies in Ireland and Britain were found to contain horse DNA. While most had small traces, one burger was 29 percent horse. Tesco, the country’s biggest supermarket chain, is apologizing. Britain is a nation of horse lovers, though some European countries do eat horse meat, including France and Belgium, where it is popular both cooked and raw.

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