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Title : One in five meat-based products tested at UK shops, takeaways and butchers contain 'unspecified animal'
Author(s) : Thompson A.
Source : Daily Mail
Year : 2019
Link : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7227651/One-five-meat-products-supermarket-shelves-UK-contain-unspecified-animal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
Country : United Kingdom
Commodity: AP-Meat and edible offal
Abstract: A study conducted by the Food Standards Agency, in the United Kingdom, showed that one of five meat-based products contains meat that was not declared on the label. Similarly, some species were declared on the label but in reality were not present in the product, for instance, ham without pork.