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Foods named after people, like Eggs Benedict, Melba Toast and Margherita Pizza.

If you are of an inquisitive disposition you will love this video from “Mental Floss” which explores the origin of some very popular dishes and who they are named after. For example German Chocolate Cake is not German at all, Eggs Benedict has it’s origins in a night of heavy drinking and the most common…

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Call for a single “Food Agency” in the wake of the meat scandal

Reports today that 60% of the 139 meat products tested in a study undertaken by the University of Stellenbosch contain ‘undeclared ingredients’, including donkey, water buffalo, goat and pork, emphasise the need for the establishment of a single Food Agency as a matter of urgency. At a joint meeting of the portfolio committees of Agriculture,…

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Pick n Pay, Shoprite, Woolworths and Spar named in meat scandal

All four of South Africa’s major supermarket chains have been officially named in the South African meat scandal. The City Press has published the names of the retailers involved in the study conducted by the University of Stellenbosch and FACTS, the Food and Allergy Consulting and Testing unit. The researchers were reluctant to name the…

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Nomu has the meat industry covered

Spice brand Nomu has been quick to respond to the South African meat scandal with a very witty ad that would put Nando’s in the shade. South Africans have been rocked by the scandal in which goat, water bufffalo and donkey meat has been used as a substitute in mince meat products and sausages across…

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Donkey meat substitution going on for two to three years.

Min Washington News has published a video on You Tube with butcher Riaan Ferreira revealing that donkey meat substitution has been going on for several years. In the interview Riaan revealed that the practice of meat substitution has been happening for the past two to three years. I came to hear of it in the last two or three…

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Donkey meat passed off as beef in Kenya

It’s not just in South Africa and Europe that consumers are being mislead, the practice of substituting donkey meat in Kenya is prevalent. The BBC reports that unscrupulous traders are passing off donkey as beef to unknowing Kenyan consumers. Farmers have to lock their donkeys away at night because their is a risk they could be stolen and…

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The DA welcomes government call for investigation into meat scam

The Democratic Alliance welcomes calls by Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies for an investigation by the National Consumer Commission on the discovery of traces of donkey, soya, goat and water buffalo in processed meats in South Africa. While we welcome this action, it is necessary to gain clarity on what procedures were followed and…