Where Can You Get Horse Meat?
Horse meat is popular in many countries like Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan, China, Germany, Mexico, Indonesia, Tonga, and Iceland. In other parts of the world like Sweden, Canada, Italy, or Russia, people have mixed feelings about eating horse meat, and the legal standards vary.
Do restaurants serve horse meat?
You won't find a horse tenderloin or tartare on the regular menu in any U.S. restaurant. Horse steak or ground horse patties cannot be found next to the beef and pork in your grocer's meat section. Why is horse meat not for sale in the United States? After all, it's not illegal to eat (via The Takeout).
Why It's Almost Impossible To Find Horse Meat In The U.S.
Is horse meat illegal in the US?
It's taboo to eat horse in America. ... The three U.S. slaughterhouses that dealt in horse closed in 2007, according to the New Food Economy. Horses in the United States can be sold and shipped to other countries, where it is legal to slaughter them for food.
Could Congress put horsemeat back on the menu in America?
U.S. horse meat is unfit for human consumption because of the uncontrolled administration of hundreds of dangerous drugs and other substances to horses before slaughter. ... These drugs are often labeled “Not for use in animals used for food/that will be eaten by humans.”
Toxicity of Horse Meat