Table 1 Sampling localities, locational abbreviations, and the numbers and identities of samples purchased from local markets in Sichuan, China.

From: Monitoring of sausage products sold in Sichuan Province, China: a first comprehensive report on meat species’ authenticity determination

Locality

Code for the locations

Designing of sampling strategy

Sample identity

Sample size (n)

No. of samples mislabelling the meat ingredients

No. of samples testing positive for 3 GM soybeans

No. of supermarkets or retails

No. of restaurants

GTS40-3-2

MON89788

A2704-12

Chengdu

CD

8

6

CD1- CD16

16

3

0

0

0

Panzhihua

PZH

4

5

PZH1-PZH12

12

9

0

0

0

Xichang

XC

5

3

XC1-XC11

10

5

0

0

0

Dazhou

DZ

8

4

DZ1-DZ12

12

5

0

0

0

Guangan

GA

4

6

GA1-GA12

12

4

0

0

0

Suining

SN

3

6

SN1-SN12

12

1

0

0

0

Kangding

KD

2

3

KD1-KD10

10

6

0

0

0

Yibing

YB

2

6

YB1-YB12

12

1

0

0

0

Luzhou

LZ

4

6

LZ1-LZ12

12

0

0

0

0

Meishan

MS

2

5

MS1-MS12

12

1

0

0

0

Leshan

LS

3

6

LS1-LS12

12

3

0

0

0

Nanchong

NC

4

6

NC1-NC12

12

1

0

0

0

Bazhong

BZ

4

3

BZ1-BZ12

12

0

0

0

0

Guangyuan

GY

4

1

GY1-GY12

12

9

0

0

0

Mianyang

MY

2

3

MY1-MY12

12

2

0

0

0

Deyang

DY

2

2

DY1-DY12

12

2

0

0

0

Yaan

YA

2

6

YA1-YA12

12

4

0

0

0

Zigong

ZG

5

3

ZG1-ZG12

12

0

0

0

0

Neijiang

NJ

3

5

NJ1-NJ12

12

6

0

0

0

Ziyang

ZY

2

4

ZY1-ZY12

12

0

0

0

0

Aba

AB

4

0

AB1-AB10

10

2

0

0

0

Total

 

77

89

 

250

64

0

0

0