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According to The Citizen newspaper, "The study found that anything from soya, donkey, goat and water buffalo were to be found in up to 68 percent of the 139 minced meats, burger patties, deli meats, sausages and dried meats that were tested."
So what's the big deal? The mislabelling of these food products has caused a stir because local buyers have been unknowingly consuming donkey, goat and water buffalo whilst trying to fulfill a random burger craving, serve an upset husband a consolation packet of biltong, prepare bolognese for a lover in hopes that marriage would follow - then surprise!
The following products contain soya, donkey meat, goat meat and perhaps water buffalo. It's also possible that the products may contain plant matter but we as the manufacturer failed to tell you this because who needs such a disclaimer on the packaging anyway? Forget the fact that this is extremely unethical, probably immoral, may infringe upon your beliefs but we figured nobody reads the small print in any case and it's only natural to sign on the dotted line because one rarely declines the terms and conditions.
This comes to light not long after the horsemeat scandal that attacked Europe was reported by Food 24. It was discovered that the contents in a French supermarket contained 100% horsemeat. The problem with that was, the drugs used to treat horses could directly affect human consumers.It is for this reason that similar concerns can be raised in the South African context.
Naturally, we can sit back and anticipate the denial of all allegations by local manufacturers and suppliers because the people at the top would never lie to us. That, that would be absurd.
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