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Worries about chicken & health

Jul 19, 2012 | Sapa, Business Day | 14 comments

The government wants to reduce the levels of brine found in chicken

The Business Day reported that chicken sold in South Africa contained excessive amounts of brine, which could have health implications.

Brine is a salt solution used to enhance the texture and flavour of frozen chicken.

The Department of Agriculture has drafted changes to the Agricultural Product Standards Act aimed at reducing the level of brine in chicken to four percent.

David Wolpert, chief executive of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of SA, told the publication brine levels in chicken in South Africa were as high as 30%.

There is no legislation controlling the percentage of brine but many countries prohibit it and the United States allows 12%.

Preliminary results of a study by the department found that there were high sodium concentrations in local chicken, which presented health risks.

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Jul 19, 2012

Tasto

Add to that the is an allegation that bulk of the chicken is imported from Brazil&China, we eat thing that have been dead for months !!
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Jul 19, 2012

KarlZimbiri

I dont trust frozen chicken and dont but it.
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Jul 19, 2012

langman

Ke ka moo nna ke ithatelang kgogo ya sesotho , ya go itlhabelwa , e seng ya fridge man
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Jul 19, 2012

Gusheshe

I also dnt like frozen chicken but then again dikgogo tse tsa go godiswa ka dipilisi for three weeks le tsona still they are health harzadous. kgogo ya sesotho is the best and its tasty too even u dont put spices and stuff
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Jul 19, 2012

Shredder

That's it, I am going to grow my old chickens.
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Jul 19, 2012

Bdoobs

@ Gusheshe

kgogo ya sesotho is the best and its tasty too even u dont put spices and stuff

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Taste kgogo ya sezulu, you'd realize that ya sesotho has nothing that ish, ya sezulu marinates in spices straight from the egg baba, uyadlala wena...
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Jul 19, 2012

GODESS

Ke ka moo nna ke ithatelang kgogo ya sesotho , ya go itlhabelwa , e seng ya fridge man


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Taste kgogo ya sezulu, you'd realize that ya sesotho has nothing that ish, ya sezulu marinates in spices straight from the egg baba, uyadlala wena...

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I wonder ya seshangane e byang, kgogo ya setho, inkukhu ye sintu. because ge re re ya sesotho...eish, go tjwella tja afrikaans, tswana, vhenda...you name it. Lols!
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Jul 19, 2012

DjEp

@Bdoobs
@ Gusheshe

kgogo ya sesotho is the best and its tasty too even u dont put spices and stuff

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Taste kgogo ya sezulu, you'd realize that ya sesotho has nothing that ish, ya sezulu marinates in spices straight from the egg baba, uyadlala wena...
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Kwaaaaakwaakwakwa, nice one man. ill laugh for 67 min today
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Jul 19, 2012

Mellow

langman
Ke ka moo nna ke ithatelang kgogo ya sesotho , ya go itlhabelwa , e seng ya fridge man
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Power to the hard-body I also loveeeeeeeee hard body though you have to cook it for 3hrs eish

Ok mara this chicken story now its just getting too much 'think its best to be a vegeterian

WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

NELSON MANDELA:
Never again, will the chicken be questioned for crossing the road. This is an ideal for which I am prepared to die for.


THABO MBEKI:
We need to establish if there really is a connection between the chicken and the road.


JACOB ZUMA:
I am gravely suspicious that this question is being asked with a malicious intention to trap me, send the Scorpions to raid my chicken run, haul me before the courts and charge me for sodomizing the chicken that walked across the road towards me as it was running away from an advancing light shower!

JULIUS MALEMA:
We must uphold the highest standards of integrity. If we do not value organisational discipline, then the chicken wont be able to cross the road, we are behind the chicken 101% and if need be we are willing to put up arms to support the chicken to continue cross the road.
I will k.ill for the chicken, Viva KFC AND CHICKEN LICKEN!!

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Jul 19, 2012

2nevvy4u

Tasto
Add to that the is an allegation that bulk of the chicken is imported from Brazil&China, we eat thing that have been dead for months !!
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serious?mara we so many puoltry farms ko mzansi why get shickens from this countrys
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