Worst cases of mislabelling

Products with three or more undisclosed trace ingredients:

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Family burger patties Beef burgers (cheese) Ostrich patties Savoury mince Mutton mince pure Minced beef regular Mince BBQ beef cocktail griller Kudu wors BBQ wors PURCHASED FROM Superspar, Vincent, East London, EC Food Lovers Market, Westville, KZN Bluff Meat Supply, KZN Spargs Superspar, East London, EC Food Lovers Market, Westville, KZN Shoprite, Britainnia, Durban, KZN 7-Eleven, Stellenbosch, WC* OK Foods, Cambridge, EC Spargs Superspar, East London, EC Sista Butchery, GP** Number of meat products that contained meat traces not indicated on the label Number of meat products that contained three or more meat substances not indicated on the label Beef Pork Mutton/Sheep Chicken Water buffalo Goat Donkey Wheat Gluten Cows milk Ostrich Kudu INGREDIENTS DECLARED INGREDIENTS NOT DECLARED

Number of meat products surveyed

139

Mutton sausage / spiced mince Checkers, Gateway Umhlanga, KZN Chilli mutton sausage Thin mutton sausage Mutton sausage Quality braai wors Bluff Meat Supply, KZN Bluff Meat Supply, KZN Royal Butchery, Durban, KZN** Grobbies Butchery, KZN

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Products containing traces of meats not on the label:

PRODUCT Lean beef burger Budget burger bulk PURCHASED Pick n Pay, East London Pick n Pay, East London INGREDIENTS NOT DECLARED PRODUCT Mutton mince Beef mince Lean beef mince Minced beef lean Venison wildsvleis Mince Beef trimmings Mince beef Lean beef mince Mince Mince Beef mince Beef mince Smoked viennas Smoked viennas Russians short PURCHASED Bluff Meat Supply Royal Butchery, Durban**

INGREDIENTS NOT DECLARED

PRODUCT Rooikrantz boerewors Mutton grillers Freshers sosatie wors Freshers sausage Bulk Ou Kraal wors Chicken sausage Farmstyle boerewors Mutton sausage Mutton sausage Spicy mutton sausage Braai wors bulk

PURCHASED Checkers, East London

INGREDIENTS NOT DECLARED

Superspar, East London Food Lovers, East London Food Lovers, East London Pick n Pay, East London Pick n Pay, East London PnP, East Rand Mall PnP, East Rand Mall Sista Butchery** Superspar, Umhlanga PnP, Westwood Mall

Sweet pepper burger Pick n Pay, East Rand Mall Beef burgers Beef burger Cheese burger Mutton burgers Mutton burger Beef burger Beef burger Beef drowors Venison mince Venison mince Bulk mince Venison mince Mince Lean beef mince Beef mince Beef mince Mutton mince Mince bulk Beef mince L/S mutton mince Pick n Pay, East Rand Mall Spar, Hillbrow Pick n Pay, Westwood Mall Fruit & Veg, Westville Shoprite, Phoenix Plaza Spar Fine Foods, Stellenbosch Checkers, Stellenbosch Pick n Pay, East Rand Mall Checkers, East London Superspar, East London Food Lovers, East London Spargs Superspar, East London Cambridge Butchery** OK Foods, Cambridge OK Foods, Cambridge Pick n Pay, East Rand Mall Pick n Pay, East Rand Mall East Rand Butchery** Superspar, Umhlanga Shoprite, Phoenix Plaza

Spar Fine Foods, Stellenbosch Checkers, Stellenbosch Checkers, Stellenbosch Bird Street Butchery, Sbosch Bird Street Butchery, Sbosch Eikeboom Butchery, Sbosch Eikeboom Butchery, Sbosch Skaapland Butchery, Belville Food Lovers, Somerset Shoprite, Kuils River Pick n Pay, CBD Cape Town Spargs Superspar, East London Exclusive Foods** Exclusive Foods**

Punjab mutton sausage Shoprite, Phoenix Plaza Beef bangers Mutton bangers Mutton chilli russian Chicken sausage Shoprite, Phoenix Plaza Shoprite, Britainnia, Durban Checkers, Umhlanga Bluff Meat Supply

French polony 750g Woolworths, Bedfrodview French polony 750g Woolworths, Fourways French polony 750g Woolworths, Germiston Ostrich vienna 500g Checkers, Umhlanga BMS French polony Royal Butchery, Durban** Chicken viennas Chicken polony Spar Fine Foods, Stellenbosch Shoprite, Stellenbosch

Roast chicken sausage Royal Butchery, Durban Dhania sausage Beef sausages Mutton bangers Mutton sausage Checkers, Stellenbosch Checkers, Stellenbosch Checkers, Stellenbosch Kayamandi Mall, Sbosch**

* Branch not specied ** Researchers description outlet could not be independently traced from researchers description Investigations24, Graphics24

Source: Prof. Louw Hoffman (US)

Products bought between March 30 and August 5 2012