US EditionMicrochip Reveals Racehorse Served as Food: Report
An investigation found 213 kg of meat from Smart Latch, a retired racehorse, was served at a soup kitchen, triggering a criminal inquiry into illegal slaughter and food safety.
- An electronic identification chip identified Smart Latch, a four-year-old English mare, in a stew served at a Mersin, Turkey soup kitchen last month, linking the injured racehorse to the meal.
- Suat Topcu, the horse's owner, said he donated Smart Latch to Osmaniye farm because she could no longer race or breed after a minor leg fracture last October, having won three races and earned �19,200.
- Authorities destroyed 213 kilograms of meat from single-hoofed animals and filed a criminal complaint against the company that supplied the meat to the soup kitchen in Mersin last month.
- A criminal complaint alleges horse slaughter for meat, banned in Turkey, and an investigation has begun by the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture.
- Breeders and officials say chips implanted by Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry allow tracing horses' identities, while Turkish Racehorse Breeders and Owners Association stresses rehoming retired horses prevents such incidents.
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The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture has fined the owner of a famous racehorse whose meat ended up in a Turkish social dining room with about 2,600 euros, which could be identified because one of the diners found a microchip on his plate, according to local media reports on Saturday.The horse, winner of several races at the Adana racetrack, a city about 480 kilometers south of Ankara, had been sacrificed after suffering a foot injury.DHA agency r…
In Turkey, an English race mare, forced to retire despite her, ended up at the slaughterhouse. Her meat was then served in a soup kitchen, without the beneficiaries being warned of its origin.
From the hippodrome to the soup kitchen: an English race mare, retired after an injury, ended up at the slaughterhouse and her meat was served to guests, without their knowledge, in a Turkish soup kitchen...
An English race mare, retired after an injury, ended up in the slaughterhouse and his meat was served, without their knowledge, to the diners of a Turkish social eater,...
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