Sunday, November 17, 2013

What will the USDA say to this?

Oh, I'm sure they'll say they can test for this and assure the safety of the American food supply. Right

From thehorse.com

http://www.thehorse.com/articles/32890/researchers-find-em-toxoplasma-gondii-em-in-horsemeat


After all the publicized concern about the presence of phenylbutazone (Bute) in horsemeat, researchers now fear the meat could also carry the organism that causes toxoplasmosis—a potentially deadly human disease. Recent study results suggest that up to 15% of horses in Brazilian slaughterhouses and 30.5% of those in southwest China could be infected with Toxoplasma gondii.

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