Implanting sensors under the skin, notes Howard Erikson, an animal physiologist at Kansas State University, has to be done in a way that doesn't compromise the safety of the meat.
Proponents of genetically engineered proteins argue that there is plenty of research proving the safety of GE fish and meat.
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Officials from the Republic of Ireland's food safety authority (FSAI) confirmed the meat had come from Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, in Ireland, and the Dalepak Hambleton processing plant in Yorkshire.
West Dunbartonshire said food safety officers were carrying out inspections on four meat production plants in the area but that meals supplied to school canteens and council care homes were not affected.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said the meat had come from two processing plants in the Irish Republic - Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods - and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire.
But beef, pork and even pink slime are federally inspected and the food safety issues are nowhere near what they are for horse meat.
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said the contaminated meat had come from two processing plants in the Irish Republic - Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods - and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said the contaminated meat had come from two processing plants in the Irish Republic - Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods - and the Dalepak plant in North Yorkshire.
Food safety officials in the Irish Republic discovered the presence of horse meat in beefburgers during tests carried out late last year.
The Meat and Livestock Commission said there should no longer be any doubt over the safety of rare steak - a claim supported by advice issued by the Food Standards Agency.
In 2008, for instance, when the European Union restricted Brazilian meat, alleging breeders weren't complying with EU traceability measures, JBS took advantage of its Australian subsidiary to export to Europe. (Brazilian beef exports to the EU resumed in 2009.) No Brazilian meat producer can export cuts to the U.S. because of U.S. safety rules.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which is conducting similar inquiries, said the meat had come from two processing plants in the Irish Republic - Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods - and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in North Yorkshire.
When Croatia joins the EU in 2013 (assuming Croats approve accession in a referendum on January 22nd), Bosnia will no longer be able to export much of its dairy, meat and egg production to its neighbour, because its leaders cannot agree on whether responsibility for food safety lies with the state or the entities.
The American Meat Institute, meanwhile, has created www.meatsafety.org to answer questions about BSE and beef safety, as well as facts about lean finely textured beef, which of course, earned the nickname pink slime.
Mr Smith said food safety and quality was "of the highest importance to Tesco" and "the presence of illegal meat in our products is extremely serious".
Trade relations took a knock earlier this month when China temporarily blocked millions of dollars of New Zealand meat from entering the country, as it bolstered scrutiny of imports after a spate of mainly homegrown food-safety scandals.
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