The European scandal, concerning the presence of horse meat in beef frozen food, is expanding its geography. It appeared that at least one Northern American port - Port of Houston - already saw this kind of food transpassing from Mexico to the European distributors. The question that arises: did this food really passed away? Is there any possibility for horse meat from these shipments to stay in the Unites States? A priori, no. These shipments are treated separately from other goods. A posteriori, nobody knows ...
Another question is judicial: under the Texas law, passed in 1949, the sale, transfer or shipment of horse meat for human consumption in Texas is prohibited. And this state law, notwithstanding the effort of the state's attorney general, might interfere with federal laws on interstate and foreign commerce.
Source: "The New York Times"
2 comments:
That is pretty interesting how the horse meat has been able to get in the system. Or why anyone would want to chop a horse up? Its gross and hopefully they figure out a solution for the problem.
Marina:
I believe that the mixing of meat from different shipments is not a likely scenario. The shipments go through tracking and accounting systems in every leg of their journey. And Mexico and Europe consume horse meat. However the wording of the Texas Law that you cited, brings up some questions. If it is illegal to sell, "TRANSFER, or SHIP" horse meat for sale in Texas, it sounds like those events have occurred in Houston.
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