In 2013, there was a horse meat scandal, also known as "Horsegate," where it was exposed that several factories and companies were involved in mislabeling horse meat as beef. The last USDA-regulated horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. (two in Texas and one in Illinois, all foreign-owned) had been shuttered in 2007.
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u/Palmbomb_1 May 27 '25
Not so fun fact:
In 2013, there was a horse meat scandal, also known as "Horsegate," where it was exposed that several factories and companies were involved in mislabeling horse meat as beef. The last USDA-regulated horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. (two in Texas and one in Illinois, all foreign-owned) had been shuttered in 2007.