The bovine and porcine powders allow the chicken to hold more water, bulking up the meat and allowing manufacturers to sell it at a higher price.
The FSA detected the swindle using new scientific techniques that saw the non-chicken material pass standard DNA tests.
In the report, the FSA said: “Use of these proteins does not make chicken products unsafe, but it is important that people are given accurate information about their food.”
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Britain’s two million Jews, Hindus and Muslims may have unwittingly eaten either pork or beef, meats that they are forbidden from eating.
Bharti Tailor, Secretary General of the Hindu Forum of Britain, described the findings as “shocking” and “potentially very distressing for the Hindu community”.
The fraud is still believed to be taking place in three EU states, including Germany, Netherlands and Spain due to inaction by the authorities.
Manufacturers are legally allowed to pump water into chicken but must declare if the level goes above 5 percent. Water above that amount will usually leak out unless held in by hydrolysed proteins.
The FSA has warned that consumers who do not eat pork or beef may want to avoid chicken that contains hydrolysed proteins.
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