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" Tesco has apologised after posting an apparently unintentional pun about horses on its customer service Twitter feed. Days after the outcry over tests revealing that its Everyday Value beef burgers contained horse meat, the Tesco Customer Care told followers it would be &amp;quot;hitting the hay&amp;quot; for the night.  It&amp;#039;s sleepy time so we&amp;#039;re off to hit the hay! See you at 8am for more #TescoTweets \u2014 Tesco Customer Care (@UKTesco) January 17, 2013  After several consumers complained or noted the seeming pun, the account responded by stating: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m terribly sorry. &amp;quot;That tweet was scheduled before we knew of the current situation. We&amp;#039;d never intend to make light of it.&amp;quot; Previously it had appeared that the same Twitter feed did not get a joke from a follower about the supermarket stocking &amp;quot;Red Rum&amp;quot;, the champion Thoroughbred racehorse which won a record three Grand Nationals in 1973, 1974 and 1977.  [View the story &amp;quot;Tesco is asked if it stocks Red Rum&amp;quot; on Storify] Tesco has withdrawn the affected burgers from stock and is currently investigating. &amp;quot;We are working with the authorities in Ireland and the UK, and with the supplier concerned, to urgently understand how this has happened and how to ensure it does not happen again,&amp;quot; a spokesman said. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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