What is in your chicken?

Lack of legislation to control and monitor the re-treatment and re-processing of chicken meat in Botswana puts the consumer at the risk of being defrauded by local poultry producers and retailers.

An investigation by Mmegi has revealed that there are no set standards for the brining of chickens leaving the poultry industry.

Brining is the process by which a solution of sodium chloride, phosphates, proteins, anti-oxidants and other preservatives is mixed with water and injected into pieces of meat to secure their moisture and flavour and to preserve them. 

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