The Simpsons Episode · 1994
Lunchlady Doris uses 'assorted horse parts' in school meals.
What Really Happened · 2013
Europe was rocked by a scandal revealing beef products contained undisclosed horse meat.
2013
The Full Story
In 'Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song', Lunchlady Doris casually dumps a can labelled 'assorted horse parts' into the school lunch — the industrial food supply's worst-kept secret played for laughs. In January 2013, Irish food inspectors found horse DNA in beef burgers sold across the UK and Ireland; within weeks the scandal spread to 16 countries, implicating Tesco, Burger King, IKEA, and Nestlé. The episode aired nineteen years before anyone actually read the label.
Horse Meat in the Food Supply is one of
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foreshadowed real-world events. This prediction appeared in S05E19 ("Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"), which aired in 1994.
It was confirmed true in 2013.
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