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Argentina-Horse Meat world production figures.
HORSE MEAT.
THE CULINARY NAME FOR MEAT CUT FROM A HORSE.
Many people ask why is there such a taboo over people enjoying their traditional habit of eating meat From the horse, yet nothing said about the sheep, pig, chicken or cow.
When one consider the origin of the egg or caviar for that matter or the French love of snails and the legs of a frog, what is the problem with Steak tartar from a horse. The Chinese and Korean love of the meat of dogs, or gypsies liking of hedgehog and badger hams.
So where does the horse meat come from in 2009.The United States produced 25,000 tons of horse meat for export in 2007, however the licenses on the last three remaining abattoirs were revoked in October 2008, these were two plants in Texas and one in Illinois.
Horses are processed in the exact same manner as cattle, if you are a vegetarian well there is no point reading any further, however if you are open minded please continue. There are 7 horse abattoirs in Canada licensed to export meat for human consumption, 21 in Mexico one must assume that the long journey from the United States to either country, is not in the best interest of the horses welfare.
One can say without fear of contradiction, that the horses are best slaughtered in the United States, unless you are going to ban the live exports as well as the meat. The out of sight out of mind attitude is also not in the best interest of the horses, half measures avail us nothing.
So what goes on at the horse abattoir, Take a look- www.clay-meat.com is a typical horse meat export abattoir, as you will se no different than a beef or sheep abattoir.
So who produces the horse meat now the Americans are killing their horses in Canada and Mexico.
Mexico produces 78,000 tons a year
Argentina 57,000 tons a year
Kazakstan 55,000 tons a year
Mongolia 38,000 tons a year
Kygyzstan 25,000 tons a year
Australia 24,000 tons a year
Brazil 21,000 tons a year
Canada 18,000 tons a year
Poland 18,000 tons a year
Italy 16,000 tons a year ( including donkeys)
Romania 14,000 tons a year
Ukraine 13,000 tons a year
Chile 10,000 tons a year
France 7,500 tons a year
Uruguay 8,000 tons a year
Senegal 9,5000 tons a year
Colombia 6,000 tons a year
Spain 5,000 tons a year (including donkey)
There are no official figures for China and Russia however estimates are:
China 150,000 tons a year and Russia 80,000 tons a year, as they are mainly butchered in small abattoirs and on farms.
There must be something good about horse meat, for all these abattoirs to have such a high production.
Well of course it is high in protein and low in fat, however for commercial farming the horse cannot convert grass to meat at the same rate as cattle, there not a viable alternative.
The United States has 9 million horses compared with 90 million cattle, however the bigger the taboo the less chance of a commercial meat industry. While farmers are asked to pay a carbon emission tax on the 90 million cattle, who pays this on the 9 million horses, who emit more gas that cattle as any horse lover will know.
Horse meat was very popular in Europe, but never eaten in English speaking countries to any large degree.
In the eighth century Popes Gregory 111 and Zachary, instructed St Boniface, missionary to Germany, to forbid the eating of horse flesh to those he converted to Christianity, which of course added to the taboo. In some countries the prohibition of the Roman Catholic Church has lingered.
There is also the role of sentiment to the horse, having long enjoyed a close relationship to man. I know this first hand as my family breed race horses.
In most countries where horses are slaughtered and all of the mentioned counties, the process is identical to that of slaughtering cattle.
According to the Daily Mail in London, around 100,000 horses a year are transported and consumed in the European Union, while in England there are only three horse abattoirs who export to France and Belgium, the practice is still frowned on by the British.
Canada has a thriving horse meat industry, mainly due the default of the Americans and in Quebec it is available in many supermarkets.
Horse meat has slightly sweet taste, rather like a cross between beef and venison, the younger the horse the more tender the meat as with beef and lamb.
When I reported recently that there are no abattoir in the United States, that slaughters horse meat for human consumption, that has been the case since November 2008.
A good commercial horse will fetch around US$500 for the meat trade, time 9 million horses in the United States. This could be a multi billion dollar industry.
I can be contacted on murielelizabethhayes@yahoo.co.uk
THE CULINARY NAME FOR MEAT CUT FROM A HORSE.
Many people ask why is there such a taboo over people enjoying their traditional habit of eating meat From the horse, yet nothing said about the sheep, pig, chicken or cow.
When one consider the origin of the egg or caviar for that matter or the French love of snails and the legs of a frog, what is the problem with Steak tartar from a horse. The Chinese and Korean love of the meat of dogs, or gypsies liking of hedgehog and badger hams.
So where does the horse meat come from in 2009.The United States produced 25,000 tons of horse meat for export in 2007, however the licenses on the last three remaining abattoirs were revoked in October 2008, these were two plants in Texas and one in Illinois.
Horses are processed in the exact same manner as cattle, if you are a vegetarian well there is no point reading any further, however if you are open minded please continue. There are 7 horse abattoirs in Canada licensed to export meat for human consumption, 21 in Mexico one must assume that the long journey from the United States to either country, is not in the best interest of the horses welfare.
One can say without fear of contradiction, that the horses are best slaughtered in the United States, unless you are going to ban the live exports as well as the meat. The out of sight out of mind attitude is also not in the best interest of the horses, half measures avail us nothing.
So what goes on at the horse abattoir, Take a look- www.clay-meat.com is a typical horse meat export abattoir, as you will se no different than a beef or sheep abattoir.
So who produces the horse meat now the Americans are killing their horses in Canada and Mexico.
Mexico produces 78,000 tons a year
Argentina 57,000 tons a year
Kazakstan 55,000 tons a year
Mongolia 38,000 tons a year
Kygyzstan 25,000 tons a year
Australia 24,000 tons a year
Brazil 21,000 tons a year
Canada 18,000 tons a year
Poland 18,000 tons a year
Italy 16,000 tons a year ( including donkeys)
Romania 14,000 tons a year
Ukraine 13,000 tons a year
Chile 10,000 tons a year
France 7,500 tons a year
Uruguay 8,000 tons a year
Senegal 9,5000 tons a year
Colombia 6,000 tons a year
Spain 5,000 tons a year (including donkey)
There are no official figures for China and Russia however estimates are:
China 150,000 tons a year and Russia 80,000 tons a year, as they are mainly butchered in small abattoirs and on farms.
There must be something good about horse meat, for all these abattoirs to have such a high production.
Well of course it is high in protein and low in fat, however for commercial farming the horse cannot convert grass to meat at the same rate as cattle, there not a viable alternative.
The United States has 9 million horses compared with 90 million cattle, however the bigger the taboo the less chance of a commercial meat industry. While farmers are asked to pay a carbon emission tax on the 90 million cattle, who pays this on the 9 million horses, who emit more gas that cattle as any horse lover will know.
Horse meat was very popular in Europe, but never eaten in English speaking countries to any large degree.
In the eighth century Popes Gregory 111 and Zachary, instructed St Boniface, missionary to Germany, to forbid the eating of horse flesh to those he converted to Christianity, which of course added to the taboo. In some countries the prohibition of the Roman Catholic Church has lingered.
There is also the role of sentiment to the horse, having long enjoyed a close relationship to man. I know this first hand as my family breed race horses.
In most countries where horses are slaughtered and all of the mentioned counties, the process is identical to that of slaughtering cattle.
According to the Daily Mail in London, around 100,000 horses a year are transported and consumed in the European Union, while in England there are only three horse abattoirs who export to France and Belgium, the practice is still frowned on by the British.
Canada has a thriving horse meat industry, mainly due the default of the Americans and in Quebec it is available in many supermarkets.
Horse meat has slightly sweet taste, rather like a cross between beef and venison, the younger the horse the more tender the meat as with beef and lamb.
When I reported recently that there are no abattoir in the United States, that slaughters horse meat for human consumption, that has been the case since November 2008.
A good commercial horse will fetch around US$500 for the meat trade, time 9 million horses in the United States. This could be a multi billion dollar industry.
I can be contacted on murielelizabethhayes@yahoo.co.uk
Comments
17-01-2009 02:16 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Sorry, its not about open mindedness it about dfecency, respect and humanity. There is no need to eat any flesh from another living soul regardless of what flesh eaters may think.
So spare a thought for the animal. Transported for miles often under unacceptable conditions, handled by people who have no compassion or feeling for the animal they are handling, afterall these animals are seen as walking food, treated as though the animal was merely a chattel to be brutally slaughtered because we want to. No regard for the wants of the animal and their want is to live.
Sorry eating horse meat and any other 'meat' is morally obscene.
So spare a thought for the animal. Transported for miles often under unacceptable conditions, handled by people who have no compassion or feeling for the animal they are handling, afterall these animals are seen as walking food, treated as though the animal was merely a chattel to be brutally slaughtered because we want to. No regard for the wants of the animal and their want is to live.
Sorry eating horse meat and any other 'meat' is morally obscene.
17-01-2009 02:23 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
By the way I think you will find that horse slaughter in places like Mexico is one of the cruellest deaths one can imagine. There is a lack of proper facilities there and killing is by repeatedly stabbing the animal so that it slowly bleeds to death..think thats okay do you Muriel Elizabeth Hayes?
What flesh eaters conveniently forget to find out about is the transport and handling and slaughter of the animals- all animals before they end up on a plate.
To educate yourself take a look at the information Animals' Angels provides on their site. They trail and investigate slaughter facilities especially in USA/Mexico.
And finally while you are shovelling that rotting felsh into ya fat gob, give a thought that this animal used to enjoy running free till his/her life was cruelly denied. They dont live for us, they live for them.
What flesh eaters conveniently forget to find out about is the transport and handling and slaughter of the animals- all animals before they end up on a plate.
To educate yourself take a look at the information Animals' Angels provides on their site. They trail and investigate slaughter facilities especially in USA/Mexico.
And finally while you are shovelling that rotting felsh into ya fat gob, give a thought that this animal used to enjoy running free till his/her life was cruelly denied. They dont live for us, they live for them.
17-01-2009 03:01 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
You are very confused about what is happening in the U.S. concerning slaughter houses. Sheep, chicken, pigs and cows are raised here for food. We do not raise horses to eat, the majority are raised as pets and companion animals. We do not eat our dogs and cats. It is illegal in the U.S. to eat horsemeat or to feed it to our pets. The 3 U.S. slaughter houses were closed because laws were passed by the American people to prevent them from operating. By the way, they were owned by Belgium companies, not by Americans. You need to get your story straight before making such wide ranging statements that are totally false.
17-01-2009 04:52 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Horse slaughter created for elite American Hating Non-Tax Paying Foreigners is not my cup of tea. Bottom-dwellers, liers, stealers, and cheaters, plus extremely cruel people deal in horse slaughter. Many of the TB racing tracks are stepping up to the plate and banning anyone from their racing parks that deal in taking OTTB's to auctions where they may be bought for human consumption. The AQHA are the ones supplying the slaughter pipeline per USDA stats. Many horses are bought for slaughter that have life threatening carcinogens in them, but our USDA doesn't care. The people that eat the polluted meat don't care anymore than our American's eating crap burgers, they don't care as long as they get their rotting flesh.
American's don't eat horse meat and they never will. Those of us that care deeply for the horse know that we're where we are because of the horse and are dedicated to them. Power to the horses!
American's don't eat horse meat and they never will. Those of us that care deeply for the horse know that we're where we are because of the horse and are dedicated to them. Power to the horses!
17-01-2009 04:56 AM
| Posted by John Holland
The last three US horse slaughter plants closed in 2007. These were closed by the actions of states of Texas and Illinois.
However, in 2006 the USDA funding of required inspections for horse meat was removed from the Agriculture budget. This was disputed in the courts for a year or so, but is now in effect. So no new plant in the US could ship their meat to the EU for human consumption.
Yes, the Canadians and the Mexicans have greatly increased their production of horse meat because of the closures of the US plants. But the number of plants in these countries has increased to the point where there is now more capacity than demand. The number of horses exported for slaughter is very close to the total slaughtered in 2006.
A bill has just been introduced into the House Judiciary committee (HR.503) to ban horse slaughter and the export for slaughter of horses in the US.
President elect Obama and Vice President elect Biden were both cosponsors of the previous bill which did not come up for a vote in the last congress (despite an article here saying it had passed). So the passage of the newest incarnation is more likely than in the past.
However, in 2006 the USDA funding of required inspections for horse meat was removed from the Agriculture budget. This was disputed in the courts for a year or so, but is now in effect. So no new plant in the US could ship their meat to the EU for human consumption.
Yes, the Canadians and the Mexicans have greatly increased their production of horse meat because of the closures of the US plants. But the number of plants in these countries has increased to the point where there is now more capacity than demand. The number of horses exported for slaughter is very close to the total slaughtered in 2006.
A bill has just been introduced into the House Judiciary committee (HR.503) to ban horse slaughter and the export for slaughter of horses in the US.
President elect Obama and Vice President elect Biden were both cosponsors of the previous bill which did not come up for a vote in the last congress (despite an article here saying it had passed). So the passage of the newest incarnation is more likely than in the past.
17-01-2009 16:20 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
American horses are not classified as food animals and so most of the medications they are given on a regular basis are clearly labeled "Not to be administered to food source animals." The American horses that are exported to Canada and Mexico for slaughter are not tested by the US Dept. of Agriculture for these dangerous drugs and yet the meat is sold to consumers as "All Natural" and safe. I imagine the policy is similar in other countries where horse meat is butchered and sold to the public.
Horse meat is already a billion dollar industry and has been for decades. As long as consumers are stupid enough to buy the product, it will continue to be marketed by the Belgian and French controlled horse slaughter industry.
With the high likelihood of a Federal ban on the slaughter of American horses and the export of American horses to slaughter, consumers will be left with the thousands of horses from other countries to provide an unsafe alternative to regulated meat products. Good luck with that!!
Horse meat is already a billion dollar industry and has been for decades. As long as consumers are stupid enough to buy the product, it will continue to be marketed by the Belgian and French controlled horse slaughter industry.
With the high likelihood of a Federal ban on the slaughter of American horses and the export of American horses to slaughter, consumers will be left with the thousands of horses from other countries to provide an unsafe alternative to regulated meat products. Good luck with that!!
17-01-2009 18:22 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Slightly sweet, a cross between beef and venison, sounds delicious. I wish people were a little more open minded. You would think in this modern age, people wouldn't have such arcane hangups about the food they eat. Snails, horse meat, tripe, goat, fish, chocolate covered crickets, what is the big deal? No one is forcing you to eat your pet, but if someone else wants to, why is it your business to stop them?
Loosen up tight wads.
Loosen up tight wads.
17-01-2009 19:46 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
That multi billion dollar industry you speak about in such a cavalier manner doesn't benefit anyone except for the owners of the slaughterhouses. These random billions aren't feeding the poor; the meat is way too expensive to ever feed a poor person. The foreigners paid no taxes while slaughtering US horses in the US. The help they used were inexperienced as shown clearly in the FOIA reports and random inspections of the slaughter floor. The conditions the horses were shipped were egregious violations of the humane transportation laws, again verified by the FOIA. Horses are treated routinely with carcinogens and surely do not wait 30 days for their systems to purge. I believe the motto is, " from the stable to the table." Yum!
You really need to do some basic research before writing an article so full of contradictions to the tenets of accurate reporting. Horses have a completely different reaction to the slaughter process as does bovines. The natural fear of anything coming straight toward a horse's face and the long neck make it nearly impossible for the captive bolt method to humanely stun a horse on the first shot. Imagine an animal writhing in conscious agony while hung by a hind leg being bled out? You my dear have no idea what you write except maybe how horse meat tastes... and to that I firmly decline.
You really need to do some basic research before writing an article so full of contradictions to the tenets of accurate reporting. Horses have a completely different reaction to the slaughter process as does bovines. The natural fear of anything coming straight toward a horse's face and the long neck make it nearly impossible for the captive bolt method to humanely stun a horse on the first shot. Imagine an animal writhing in conscious agony while hung by a hind leg being bled out? You my dear have no idea what you write except maybe how horse meat tastes... and to that I firmly decline.
17-01-2009 22:21 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Hello Ms. Hayes,
Horses are companion pets..we do not ride our
cattle, trailer them out to shows, etc..and we
do not want to advocate cruelty to animals like
you do..that is exactly what slaughter is to
the horses..an advocacy to overbreed and allow
the worst cruelty to continue...get with what is
really true...you are advocating eating horsemeat
as a ride and dine event in the united states..
whose horse do we fry up after a ride..wicked witch of the US.
Horses are companion pets..we do not ride our
cattle, trailer them out to shows, etc..and we
do not want to advocate cruelty to animals like
you do..that is exactly what slaughter is to
the horses..an advocacy to overbreed and allow
the worst cruelty to continue...get with what is
really true...you are advocating eating horsemeat
as a ride and dine event in the united states..
whose horse do we fry up after a ride..wicked witch of the US.
17-01-2009 23:58 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
How can people callously murder creatures and eat their flesh for profit? Until this brutality and gluttony ceases man will also suffer at the hands and minds of other men.
18-01-2009 16:53 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Good for you! I am sick of animal huggers dictating the lives of livestock producers. Horses are Livestock....period! The world goes hungry and horse meat is the most nutritios product you can eat. As for VEGANS.....have a nice SHORT life.....
Personally, if you want to eat dog, horse, what ever meat is fine with me! Please animal huggers.....keep your nose out of a very regulated business, where horse processing is alloed. Good for you...your figures and accounts are very accurate!!!!!!!!!! The real world is very hard for liberal morons to accept!!! DEAL WITH IT!
Personally, if you want to eat dog, horse, what ever meat is fine with me! Please animal huggers.....keep your nose out of a very regulated business, where horse processing is alloed. Good for you...your figures and accounts are very accurate!!!!!!!!!! The real world is very hard for liberal morons to accept!!! DEAL WITH IT!
18-01-2009 17:39 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Bottom-dwellers, liers, stealers, and cheaters, plus extremely cruel people deal in horse slaughter. Many of the TB racing tracks are stepping up to the plate and banning anyone from their racing parks that deal in taking OTTB's to auctions where they may be bought for human consumption. The AQHA are the ones supplying the slaughter pipeline per USDA stats. Many horses are bought for slaughter that have life threatening carcinogens in them, but our USDA doesn't care.
GOOD POINTS! I am encouraged that the majority of the posts are not in favor of horse slaughter and find it interesting that it is the AQHA that are the ones providing the horses for slaughter, not the racing industry. I know the last post was by my brother. FYI Vegans live longer: red meat is not healthy for anyone which science has proven again and again. I had not thought about the consequences of the drugs given to horses that would be transmitted to the person who eats horsemeat but it is a viable concern. I don't think the American public will ever condone eating horsemeat. As far as the author's statement that horse slaughter is just the same as the conditions for cattle, sheep and pigs: they are all raised and killed in deplorable, horrific conditions. Apparently you are not acquainted with the US system since you are in the UK. To encourage this despicable trade is less than kind and lacks compassion, Ms. Hayes. You should be ashamed.
GOOD POINTS! I am encouraged that the majority of the posts are not in favor of horse slaughter and find it interesting that it is the AQHA that are the ones providing the horses for slaughter, not the racing industry. I know the last post was by my brother. FYI Vegans live longer: red meat is not healthy for anyone which science has proven again and again. I had not thought about the consequences of the drugs given to horses that would be transmitted to the person who eats horsemeat but it is a viable concern. I don't think the American public will ever condone eating horsemeat. As far as the author's statement that horse slaughter is just the same as the conditions for cattle, sheep and pigs: they are all raised and killed in deplorable, horrific conditions. Apparently you are not acquainted with the US system since you are in the UK. To encourage this despicable trade is less than kind and lacks compassion, Ms. Hayes. You should be ashamed.
26-01-2009 16:30 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Just wanted to ask why are we so close minded in eating horse meat I have never try it and don't think Ill ever will but when I read the article and looked at how much of this product is being consumed got me thinking that horse meat is cleaner than pork and don't know why I will never try horse but eat pork all my life.
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