Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the U.K.’s horse meat scandal and how, for once, the tainted meat they’re trying to put in you in Europe isn’t attached to Silvio Berlusconi.

“You know, folks,” he began, “as an American, I like to talk about other countries that are not us, with their crazy names, ‘Not-America-stan.'”

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One other country, the United Kingdom, is currently embroiled in a scandal that Colbert said is “rocking the world of meat.”

U.K. food inspectors have found horse meat in products that were labeled as beef, including some frozen lasagne meals and beef patties served at Burger King restaurants.

“Yes, someone in Europe is trying to slip you their tainted meat,” said Colbert, “and for once, it’s not Silvio Berlusconi.”

After a beat, he said, “He has been known to yank his meat right off the shelf.”

Everyone in Europe is concerned they’re biting down on horse, he continued, “instead of their usual pickled sheep’s brain.”

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