Horse meat
Horse meat is available in butcher shops and shops specializing in meats but it can sometimes be found in supermarkets, especially in ground form. The most common way to eat horse meat is in a sausage form, especially in the "meetwursti" ("Mettwurst"); a cured and smoked sausage which often contains pig, cow and horse meat. Finns consume around 400g of horse meat per person, per year and the country produces round 300-400 thousand tons of meat per year, while importing around 1,5 million kilograms per year from countries like Canada, Mexico or Argentina. No horses are bred for meat production and there are stringent laws against using meat from a horse that has been medicated or shot with antibiotics. Using meat from a horse that has been treated with non-horse medicine or hasn't been inspected by a veterinarian is outright banned.