She said even good quality ham or sausages were still classed as processed meat, while homemade burgers using fresh meat were not.
When an unseasonable April thunderstorm brought an abrupt end to emu-tracking, we took refuge in the fishing village of Cervantes at a tough-looking pub called the Ronsard Bay Tavern, whose menu offered, in addition to burgers and meat pies, steamed rock lobster and rock lobster pie.
Alan Reilly, the chief executive of the Irish food authority, said there was a "plausible explanation" for the pig meat finding its way into the burgers, since meat from different animals is processed at the same plants.
In Britain, where it all started, pubs and restaurants are enjoying a massive culinary hit by offering 100% horse meat burgers.
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Behind them, people wait in line at food stalls selling barbecued meat, burgers and candy floss.
The Czech authority also announced Monday that it found horse meat in beef burgers imported from Poland during random tests of food products.
Meanwhile, Burger King has said "very small trace levels of equine DNA" were found in four samples of meat for its burgers taken at the Silvercrest plant.
On paper his business never made more than a small profit, but its meat products (burgers and Philly steaks) were rated as good quality by those who knew the brand.
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In the case of minced-meat products such as burgers and sausages, bacteria are spread throughout the product during manufacture.
The scandal started in Ireland last month, when authorities there found horse meat in some beef burgers sold in large U.K. supermarket chains, but it has now swept across Europe.
"I never thought the day would come that I have to ask the waiter in a restaurant in Qatar what kind of meat is in their burgers, " tweeted one Qatari about the sale of pork.
It said all burgers would be made from "local meat and prepared on-site in school kitchens, where appropriate".
The meat could have been in burgers for years as the Food Standards Agency has never tested for it, argue both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror.
Rangeland Foods in County Monaghan said that the burgers were made in September 2012 and used meat from Poland.
For a quick bite, try Custom Burgers by Pat LaFrieda the same meat purveyor who supplies the famous Shake Shack in both Terminals C and D.
"At the levels of bute that have been found, a person would have to eat 500 to 600 burgers a day that are 100% horse meat to get close to consuming a human's daily dose, " said Britain's Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies.
The scandal over horse meat disguised as more expensive beef began in Ireland last month, when authorities found horse meat in some products labeled as beef burgers sold in some supermarkets, but it has since swept across Europe.
He said some economy burgers would have "a number of species" of meat present in them.
In one out of nine burgers tested, the Irish authorities found low levels of horse meat.
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Officials in Ireland have pointed to Polish meat ingredients as being the source of horsemeat found in burgers there.
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European Union officials were meeting Monday to discuss tougher food labeling rules after the discovery of horse meat in a range of frozen supermarket meals such as burgers and lasagna that were supposed to contain beef or pork.
On Thursday, police in the U.K. arrested three men on suspicion of fraud following raids this week at two British meat plants as part of an inquiry into kebabs and burgers that purported to be beef but were in fact horse, according to the U.K. Food Standards Agency.
Since the first horsemeat was discovered in frozen meals and burgers in the UK and Ireland in January, traces have been found in meat products across Europe.
"However, as a result of current issues with regard to meat processing, the catering service felt it appropriate not to offer steak burgers as a menu choice with effect from 6 February 2013, until further clarification is obtained from our suppliers".
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Horsemeat was first found in meals and burgers in the UK and Ireland last month, and traces have since been found in meat products across Europe.
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