It must have cost them a fortune and whilst it may be the fault of their suppliers, Tesco’s lawyers will certainly have warned their clients about possible legal liability arising from breach of sale of goods legislation and the law of misrepresentation. All that is pretty dull and mundane however and is best left to the dreary lawyers in their ivory towers.
No, what I found interesting was how meat and burger eaters, happy to eat cows, lambs, pigs and chickens etc are indignant and repulsed at the thought of eating horses. Why should this be, I wondered? Are horses superior creatures to cows and sheep, are they more intelligent than pigs? Actually, most scientists seem to be of the opinion that horses are pretty stupid and pigs are far brighter. In spite of this nobody objects to the slaughter of pigs, particularly whilst enjoying their pork pie or bacon butty.
I think it comes down to two main issues. Firstly, horses are useful to us and have traditionally served us well over thousands of years, pulling our carts, ploughing our fields and allowing us to ride them. We give them names and we bond with them. Secondly, they are cute and to eat a horse is akin to eating the family dog, which, of course they do in certain parts of the Far East………..but that’s another story!
In truth, meat is meat and logically there can be no difference whatever in the morality behind eating chicken, lamb, pork or horse. It seems somewhat hypocritical to eat certain sorts of meat and then object to the eating of other sorts. If people really feel strongly about this matter shouldn’t they just give up meat altogether and become vegetarians?
Common Sense 
1 agree with you on this point, the issue here is that it,s horse,s in the same way as cat,dog,s guinea pigs etc are looked upon as pets by us in the U.k but as meat in other parts of the world.