Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress lifted a five-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections. Activists warn slaughterhouses, which must be inspected to operate, could now be up and running in as little as a month. In 2006, slaughter opponents pushed a measure to stop funding for horse meat inspections through Congress. Meat: Congress has quietly lifted a ban on funding inspections for slaughterhouses. It means horses can be slaughtered for human consumption Since the law requires that meat must be inspected before being used as food, horse slaughter operations were forced to shut down. But Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President...
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