Re: [DIYbio] Re: diybio testing for horsemeat

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Jonathan Cline <jncline@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 1:19:11 AM UTC-8, Mega wrote:
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>> Just to mention: I don't understand why this is such a big problem fr the
>> people.
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> RTFM (or in this case some recent news articles).
> The horse meat is not known to be human-safe, for example as the horses are
> treated medically (steroids? antibiotics? growth hormones?) which remain in
> the meat and pass onto humans.

I think most of those molecules will be broken down by cooking, things
of concern would probably be more like dioxins or heavy metals.

> Ref:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/feb/10/contaminated-horsemeat-harm-health

Stability studies of phenylbutazone and phenylbutazone-antacid oral formulations
F. Matsui*, D. L. Robertson, P. Lafontaine, H. Kolasinski, E. G. Lovering
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Volume 67, Issue 5, pages 646–650, May 1978

"Measurable chemical degradation occurred only at 60°, with several
formulations showing more than 50% degradation by the time the study
was terminated"

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600670519/abstract



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