Swiss supermarket chains removed horsemeat from store shelves following the broadcast of a TV documentary showing stark cases of cruelty on horse farms in the US, Canada, Argentina and Mexico, where the meat is sourced.
The Kassensturz public affairs program, broadcast on Tuesday night by German-language broadcaster SRF, showed images of emaciated, beaten and bloody horses, transported in cramped conditions without access to water.
The images were obtained by the Zurich Humane Society (TSB) which conducted an investigation into where retailers such as Migros, Coop, Aldi, Lidl, Volg and Spar obtained their horsemeat.
The result of the investigation “clearly shows the torment involved in the horsemeat production,” said York Ditffurth, TSB president said in a statement on the society’s website.
Swiss retailers import around 5,000 tons of horsemeat — 90 percent of that consumed in Switzerland — from foreign sources that are difficult to trace, the society said.
But the group managed to track down the suppliers and monitored the treatment of the horses, the food they received, in addition to their conditions of transport and slaughter. Full story...
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The Kassensturz public affairs program, broadcast on Tuesday night by German-language broadcaster SRF, showed images of emaciated, beaten and bloody horses, transported in cramped conditions without access to water.
The images were obtained by the Zurich Humane Society (TSB) which conducted an investigation into where retailers such as Migros, Coop, Aldi, Lidl, Volg and Spar obtained their horsemeat.
The result of the investigation “clearly shows the torment involved in the horsemeat production,” said York Ditffurth, TSB president said in a statement on the society’s website.
Swiss retailers import around 5,000 tons of horsemeat — 90 percent of that consumed in Switzerland — from foreign sources that are difficult to trace, the society said.
But the group managed to track down the suppliers and monitored the treatment of the horses, the food they received, in addition to their conditions of transport and slaughter. Full story...
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