We are only at the beginning of our legal process. Comigel will end up in a lot of legal processes going forward, I imagine. Comigel is the villain.Findus Nordic CEO Jari Latvanen • Discussing, with CNN, his company’s frustration with Comigel, which it blames for the horsemeat that found its way into Findus products—most notably, its lasagna. Findus, a Swedish company, has been under intense pressure since the news broke that its “100% beef” products were a little less than 100 percent beef, but numerous other companies have been affected by the scandal, leading to recalls in numerous European countries, including the UK and France. Comigel, meanwhile, blames a sub-supplier for the incident. This could be a rough one going forward, as the scandal has only grown since initial reports last month. source
Hey readers in Britain and Ireland: If you bought your burgers from Tesco, there’s a chance they might include horse meat. Holy cow. (photo by Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)
» Just fine with “slime”: The above Governors (Rick Perry of Texas, Sam Brownback of Kansas, and Terry Branstad of Iowa) will be joined by Lieutenant Governors Rick Sheehy and Matt Michels, of Nebraska and South Dakota, respectively. These gubernatorial superfriends plan to tour a Beef Products Inc. plant, the last still producing the now-controversial “pink slime” beef, which is treated with ammonium hydroxide gas as a means of killing bacteria. Gov. Branstad is leading this charge, claiming that recent public outcry over the meat is unfair, and merits pushback: “They’re been a victim of a smear campaign, and I think we need to do all we can to try to counter this.”
Every once in a while, we catch wind of a story so self-evidently absurd that it completely immunizes itself to satire. While we’d love to make a joke about the fact that scientists have now found a way to turn human feces into meat, there’s really no point. It’d be like doing an impression of Charlie Sheen and expecting it to be funnier than just watching an interview of Charlie Sheen. We will, however, note that the synthetic meat, which they tastefully refer to as a “turdburger,” is lower in fat than real beef. [hat-tip: io9] source
Scary report: Many meats have high levels of drug-resistant bacteria: The Translational Genomics Research Institute notes that while the meat is safe to eat, consumers should take care in handling and cooking it. Still though, yikes. source
Etsy was designed to combine these three things. Oh, and to convince people that their homespun hobbies deserve financial backing. source
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