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The Ghanaian News August 2017
20% of sausages tested in Canada contained meat not labelled By Jonathan Baah Annobil, Toronto Test by researchers on sausage samples from Canadian stores contained meat that was not listed on the label in one of five samples. University of Guelph researchers tested 100 raw meat sausage samples labelled as
being solely beef, pork, chicken or turkey.They found that 20% of the samples contained meat other than marked on the ingredients, to varying degrees. Five of the 15 sausages labelled as turkey were actually mostly chicken.The DNA analysis
indicated that 6% of the beef sausage samples also contained pork that 20% of the chicken sausages contained turkey and 5% contained beef, and that 5% of the pork samples also contained beef.One pork sausage also contained horse
meat. The Food Control Journal commissioned by Canada’s Food Inspection Agency published the research on 31 July.The University of Guelph’s Robert Hanner, who was one
of the researchers, said that while food safety in Canada is generally high, the findings suggest that”there are some gaps in the existing traceability systems”.”I think consumers should get what they pay for,” Mr. Hanner said. The mislabeling could be a problem for people with allergies and could lead to products that contain pathogens not being fully recalled.The findings will also be of concern for people who avoid pork for cultural or religious reasons. The researchers say that several studies around the world have also reported substitution in meat products but this is the first time sausage products have been looked at in Canada. Mr. Hanner said it was not immediately clear how, why or when the mislabeled meat got into the sausages but the amounts meant it was “more than just residue on the grinder”.
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