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March 1, 2013 17:15
Following is a summary of current odd news briefs. FAA looking into safety of sky-high Harlem Shake dance

Waiter! There's a giraffe in my kudu

March 1, 2013 08:31
JOHANNESBURG, March 1 (Reuters) - Only three days after being told their hamburgers may in fact be donkey or water buffalo, South African meat lovers have been dealt another blow: biltong, the fabled dried-meat snack, may not be as "wild" as many packets suggest. Acting on a hunch - and four years before Europe's horse meat scandal broke - researchers at the University of the Western Cape tested 146 biltong samples from major retailers and small butchers from across South Africa.

Most of S.Africa popular game biltong not so wild: study

February 28, 2013 21:15
Most of South Africa's biltong - dried strips of cured meat and a much loved snack -- has little to do with the ingredients on the label, according to DNA tests results published Friday. Game biltong which is popular with the health conscious, as it is considered lean and free-range, is the most mis-labelled, according the study by scientists from the Univeristy of the Western Cape. "The finding was that there is a major substitution of species in the market," said researcher Maria Eugenia D'Amato.

South Africa steps up random tests on meats at shops

February 27, 2013 11:45
By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG, Feb 27 (Reuters) - South African health authorities have stepped up random tests on meat and other foods in supermarkets after a study showed that donkey, goat and water buffalo have been added as unlabelled ingredients in meat products. The investigation started last month in response to a scandal in Europe where horse meat was labelled as beef, health department spokesman Popo Maja said.

UPDATE 1-Meat products have been falsely labelled-EU health chief

February 13, 2013 11:50
* EU ministers to meet later on Wednesday * "Unfair" at this stage to name possible culprits (Adds quotes, background) BRUSSELS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - All companies that have handled falsely-labelled horsemeat are under suspicion, the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday, adding the Commission was considering strengthening relevant law. EU ministers are to meet later on Wednesday in Brussels to work out their response to a scandal over the sale of horsemeat in products sold as containing beef.
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