16 May Astral Foods feels pain from new brine regulations
SA’s poultry producers have had their feathers plucked from the cheap bone-in chicken imports from the US and Europe, and the sustained drought across the country.
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10 Jan Govt moves to cut chicken brining levels
The poultry industry has been given a year to adjust its brine levels to a maximum of 15 percent in individually quick frozen (IQF) chicken portions, down from the level of 30 percent currently allowed, following plans announced by the Department of ...
27 Mar Crying fowl over brine-boosted chicken
Brine-injected, individually quick frozen chicken portions. It’s a huge industry in South Africa – IQF products make up about 60 percent of total retail chicken, but unlike in many other countries, there is no legislation controlling the percentage of brine which may be...
13 Sep DoH on warpath over mislabelled IQF chicken
Such is the level of non-compliance with legally-correct labelling of "Individually Quick Frozen (IQF)" chicken products sold across the country, the Dept of Health has found it necessary to issue a statement warning consumers that they are being duped in many instances, and that it...