Half of tested meat products in Leicester 'contained DNA of wrong animals'
date:Mar 21, 2014
ices and ignorance of legal requirements.

In total, 105 samples of meat products taken from local businesses were tested.

Of these, 47 samples were found to contain meat from species other than that declared at levels regarded as gross contamination.

'Widespread confusion'

Among the products which failed the tests were samples of lamb curry found to contain only beef or turkey, and samples of lamb mince from butchers' shops made with undeclared beef or chicken.

The tests also found samples
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