Don't Eat The Sausages in Canada

[NAC4EV]

1 in 5 sausages tested across Canada contained different meat than labelled, study finds

A new Canadian study has found that 20 per cent of sausages sampled from grocery stores across the country contained meats that were not listed on the label.


The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Guelph, examined 100 randomly purchased sausages that were labelled as containing just one ingredient: either beef, pork, turkey or chicken.

The team examined the sausages using a method called “DNA barcode” testing that revealed one in five of the sausages included some off-label ingredients.


“The vast majority -- 95 per cent of the sausages we tested -- had the species that was on the label in them,” Robert Hanner, the lead author of the study, told CTV News Channel Friday.

“But about 20 per cent had certain amounts of other animals in them. We found that some of the beef sausages contained pork; some of the pork sausages contained beef.”

Of the 100 sausages tested

• 7 of 27 beef sausages contained pork
• 1 of 38 pure pork sausages contained horse meat
• 2 of 38 pure pork sausages contained beef
• 4 of 20 chicken sausages contained turkey
• 1 of 20 chicken sausages had beef
• 5 of 15 turkey sausages studied contained no turkey at all. They were entirely chicken meat.

 

[OutHouse]

wow thats unacceptable.

 

[NostaSeronx]

• 1 of 38 pure pork sausages contained horse meat

What?!

 

[MomentsofSanity]

I was all ready to meh. Then I saw horse meat... Cross contamination sure, but wtf?

 

[Anubis]

horse meat is good

 

[feralkid]

eep.

 

[Ken g6]

So that's why you don't want to know how the sausage is made.

 

[shortylickens]

So where should I eat sausages?
Cuz I'm not spending 8 hours on a plane to hit up Iceland again. No more.

 

[Sinsear]

So where should I eat sausages?
Cuz I'm not spending 8 hours on a plane to hit up Iceland again. No more.

Hooters

 

[imported_tajmahal]

1. It's Canada.
2. It's a shithole.
3. No one cares.

 

[shortylickens]

Hooters

Do you not get the irony of Hooters and Sausages?

Do you really not see it?

 

[trenchfoot]

So now I'm wondering how those stats compare with those from the USA, China, France and just for the chuckles I'll throw in North Korea.

 

[sandorski]

Meh, as long as it's meat, I'll continue to eat. That said, they should give accurate information.

 

[WelshBloke]

OMG! My pork sausage might contain a small amount of beef! 😱

🙄

 

[Newbian]

Meh, as long as it's meat, I'll continue to eat. That said, they should give accurate information.

 

[sandorski]

nom nom nom

 

[twjr]

I was all ready to meh. Then I saw horse meat... Cross contamination sure, but wtf?

What's wrong with a bit of horse in your sausage?

 

[sdifox]

1. It's Canada.
2. It's a shithole.
3. No one cares.

Did you know you named yourself after a maosoleum of a favourite wife of a Muslim emperor?

 

[MomentsofSanity]

What's wrong with a bit of horse in your sausage?

Better than having your sausage in a horse.

Da dum dum.

 

[sdifox]

Better than having your sausage in a horse.

Da dum dum.

Sexy Stud and Kinky Kelly beckons.

 

[NAC4EV]

1. It's Canada.
2. It's a shithole.
3. No one cares.

Hmm, Tajmahal that's in India isn't it????

 

[kage69]

I don't eat Canada's sausage, Canada eats my sausage. Guess I'm safe.

 

[cytg111]

Well to be fair I am not religious or otherwise inclined to NOT eat any of those meats so... Im good.

 

[NAC4EV]

Sausages are gross because they contain mystery meat and fat.
Hot dogs are worse!!!
Nothing more than lips, cheeks, eye lids, and arse holes.

 

[cytg111]

Sausages are gross because they contain mystery meat and fat.
Hot dogs are worse!!!
Nothing more than lips, cheeks, eye lids, and arse holes.

That is why they are so tastey, tounge in cheek, if you know what i mean 😉.