China nabs 900 over rat meat scandals
Beijing – China has detained 900 people for meat-related crimes including selling rat and fox meat as beef and mutton, the public security ministry has said.
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Is there kangaroo in your buffalo stew?
State policing of South Africa’s meat standards is in a shambles, making it possible for tons of kangaroo and water buffalo meat to be imported to South Africa each year without consumers knowing where the meat lands up.
Watch – Meat scandal: Will you change what you eat?
How the meat scandal will affect people’s buying decisions.
Contaminated meat suppliers could face jail
Suppliers involved in the country’s meat labelling scandal could face fines or time in jail.
Meat scandal: Contamination may be substantial, says professor
Stellenbosch University researcher Professor Louw Hoffman said that cross-contamination – the transfer of one type of meat to another through chopping boards, saws, hands and utensils – played a definite role in his findings.
Meat scandal: SA’s food laws have teeth, but lack bite
Regulations are not uniformly obeyed and are generally not well-enforced, says expert South African food-label law is tough, but lacks the teeth to bite.
Meat scandal: Shops blame knives, saws
Stellenbosch study kick-starts internal investigations
Graphic – Meat scandal: Full list of mislabelled products
All 82 mislabelled meat products identified in a Stellenbosch University study.
We expose the… meat-label scandal
Here they are: more than 80 meat products that contain, among others, donkey and water buffalo meat. City Press can today expose South Africa’s food-label lie as we publish the results of a landmark scientific study by Stellenbosch University.
Chicken or beef?
City Press reveals more than 80 meat products that contain, among others, donkey and water buffalo meat.
Interactive timeline – Meat scandal: the story so far
On Sunday, City Press reveals who’s selling you donkey as beef. Take a look at highlights of the unfolding meat scandal.
Call to stop ‘meat cowboys’
If government does not stop “cowboys” in the meat industry, the mislabelling of products will continue to go unchecked, the Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) has told MPs.
Horsemen of the food apocalypse
When the horse meat scandal hit the headlines in Britain in the middle of January, it took British retailers exactly 24 hours to publicly announce the withdrawal of tainted products from their shelves.
Meat syndicates: Cop memo reveals all
Tons of water buffalo meat from Asia was smuggled into South Africa last year – just one such shipment organised by crime syndicates which are flooding our market with cheap and potentially hazardous meat.
Most of SA popular game biltong not so wild
Most of South Africa’s biltong has little to do with the ingredients on the label, according to DNA tests results.
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