WorldMore than a fifth of meat tested in Britain last year contained DNA from animals not listed on the label, according to the BBC. The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) found 145 items out of 665 that it sampled in 2017 consisted partly or wholly of unspecified meat, it reported. They were “not representative of the wider food industry”, an FSA spokesman told the BBC. Some specimens showed DNA from as many as four different animals, while others contained no trace of the actual meat listed on the product label. Supposed lamb items were most likely to contain traces of other animals' DNA, followed by beef and goat, while cow DNA was the most common contaminate.

Source: Sunday Times September 05, 2018 08:37 UTC