He kept his eyes open as the convoy moved along the crowded Kabul streets, where fresh meat carcasses hung out to dry and barefooted kids played in the narrow, dust-ridden alleyways.

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It is usually transmitted between cows through the practice of recycling bovine carcasses for meat and bone meal protein, which is fed to other cattle.

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An on-farm butchery room contained a walk-in chiller full of carcasses and prepared boxed meat, added the authority.

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He planned to stay up late to process the bears and return the carcasses to the hunters before the meat spoiled.

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And in Europe, the sight of burning carcasses seems to be putting many consumers off red meat altogether.

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The company said it was cutting up horse carcasses brought in from Ireland, before exporting the meat to Belgium.

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Beginning January 30, the Food Standards Agency ordered 100% testing of horse carcasses, and, as of this week, their meat will not be allowed to enter the food chain until the all-clear has been given.

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Fears over the rogue horse meat surfaced after it was discovered that eight out of 206 horse carcasses checked between January 30 and February 7 tested positive for the drug phenylbutazone, widely known as bute, the UK Food Standards Agency said.

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Justice was chopping the heads off goat carcasses just to try and scavenge a tiny little bit of meat to sell to passers-by.

BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT