Table 3 Categories of FF adulterants involved in meat foods.
Fraud types/categories of adulterants | Number of cases involved | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Artificial enhancement | 869 | 43.7 |
Forbidden veterinary drugs | 422 | 21.2 |
Misuse of food additives | 297 | 15.0 |
Industrial substances | 93 | 4.7 |
Other non-edible substances | 57 | 2.9 |
Substitution | 250 | 12.6 |
Adulterate other animal ingredients | 151 | 7.6 |
Sick/dead livestock & poultry meat | 43 | 2.2 |
Expired meat (spoiled meat) | 31 | 1.6 |
Entrained low-quality meat | 7 | 0.4 |
The meat of unknown origin | 6 | 0.3 |
Poisonous meat ingredients | 5 | 0.3 |
Plant-derived ingredients | 4 | 0.2 |
Unclean meat | 3 | 0.2 |
Dilution | 18 | 0.9 |
Water-injected meat | 18 | 0.9 |
Counterfeiting (IPR) | 19 | 1.0 |
Counterfeit brand products | 16 | 0.8 |
Counterfeit products’ origin | 3 | 0.2 |
Mislabeling/misbranding | 15 | 0.8 |
The label does not match a product | 7 | 0.4 |
Unlabeled food additives detected | 6 | 0.3 |
Missing Labels | 2 | 0.1 |
Illegal imports | 813 | 40.9 |
Imported products with no official inspection and quarantine certificate, approval or origin certificate | 111 | 5.6 |
Not obtained inspection and quarantine access | 232 | 11.7 |
The certificate does not conform to the goods | 470 | 23.7 |
Other | 1 | 0.1 |
Foreign substances | 1 | 0.1 |
Total | 1987 | 100.0 |
