Horse meat.

My little "The Sausage shop" in Catsfield rears his own pigs and that is the only meat in them.
I trust him implicitly,
Jenny

 

Yes we have the rules for traceabily but they're not being enforced or policed and it's a

The little pony must be Farm Assured, Why, because i could see a little red trator at the end

 

Ah yes Zigs - I see what's funny. Honest, no cats in it!
Jenny

 

From The Big Red Book,

 

Could it be? Nah...

 

Don't you mean Neigh Freddy

 

Was gonna, but then I thought better of it

 

Browsing and I found this thread. Wiseowl you and I must be about the same age. @Being sent to the butchers in the early 1950's for horsemeat.

Having read most of the comments. Many rules and regulations are and have been ignored over the years. probably because to be honest. How many of us know or are aware that such rules exist. eg; You have been out for a drink or two +++++ and leaving the bar you realise you are not fit to drive home. Would you leave your car keys with the landlord. Give them to a friend who might be just as tidderly as you, or might you drop them in a post box, or keep them in your pocket.
In this situation. In short. You have the keys, this in law makes you responsible for the car. Add 2+2 and you are over the limit and in charge of a motor vehicle. So get rid of the keys. or get done for, drunk in charge.

We Brits are often called a nation of animal lovers. A few years ago, the winters were hard and New Forest ponies were starving to death. NO! these animals are NOT wild. They belong to Commoners who have ancient rights to let their animals graze the forest. Hard winter meant the owners had to pay out for fodder. At local auctions, a New Forest colt could be bought for as little a 50-150p Sad but it came to this. Leave the animals to starve to death or slaughter them. What to do with the dead bodies. British animal societies deplored marketing the corpses. So the EU especially France stepped in and lorry loads of these unfortunate animals were transported across the channel. Ironically the transportation was heavily monitored and yes, the rules were enforced. The animals had to be fed and watered etc. Sorry but this tends to bring back memories of the concentration camps of WW2. Display a kindly and generous forebearing and then ZAP! Reachin their destination,these animals were slaughtered and processed as pet food and British firms soon stocked up with foreign pet food.