Humane Groups Petition FDA to Block Companion, Working and Show Horses from Being Slaughtered for Human Consumption

www.frontrangeequinerescue.org/documents/humane-groups-petition-FDA-to-block-companion.pdf

Humane Groups Petition FDA to Block Companion, Working and
Show Horses from Being Slaughtered for Human Consumption

Meat From Horses Not Raised For Food Presents Public Health Hazard


(March 27, 2012)— Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States
filed a legal petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent former companion,
working, competition and wild horses from being used as human food. The petition alleges that
the drugs given to these horses throughout their lives are banned by FDA and/or potentially
dangerous to humans. Using these horses for human consumption creates an unacceptable and
illegal public health threat under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

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