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'''Horse meat''' is unpopular in the United States and Great Britain: eating it is [[taboo]].<ref> | '''Horse meat''' is unpopular in the United States and Great Britain: eating it is [[taboo]].<ref> | ||
| − | The taboo surrounding eating horse meat is mostly limited to the U.K. and the U.S. [http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/02/15/beyond-taboo-is-horse-meat-really-that-bad-to-eat/ Fox News], February 15, 2013</ref> | + | The taboo surrounding eating horse meat is mostly limited to the U.K. and the U.S. [http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/02/15/beyond-taboo-is-horse-meat-really-that-bad-to-eat/ Fox News], February 15, 2013</ref> Horse meat is, however, relatively popular in mainland Europe; in France, Belgium and Sweden, it outsells both lamb and mutton.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2011/10/slaughtering_horses_for_meat_is_banned_in_the_u_s_why_.html Slate]</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]], there was widespread outrage in 2013 when it was discovered that beef products sold by several supermarkets contained undeclared horse meat.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/uk/horsemeat-scandal</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:08, July 27, 2014
Horse meat is unpopular in the United States and Great Britain: eating it is taboo.[1] Horse meat is, however, relatively popular in mainland Europe; in France, Belgium and Sweden, it outsells both lamb and mutton.[2] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, there was widespread outrage in 2013 when it was discovered that beef products sold by several supermarkets contained undeclared horse meat.[3]