These words of comfort are courtesy of scientists over at Stellenbosch University. Thanks loads, guys.

Stellenbosch University professor of meat sciences, Louw Hoffman said during a briefing to Parliament’s portfolio committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Tuesday that “Workers are often cutting themselves. If we had done DNA tests, we probably would have found traces of human DNA in the products.”

Hoffman’s comments come in the wake of findings by his department that horse, donkey and zebra meat had been found in retail meat products labelled “beef” in South African supermarkets.

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries deputy director-general Botlhe Modisane said:

It is possible that (if tested) we could find traces of human DNA in meat. However, even if we do find human DNA, it does not mean we are eating human flesh.

University of the Western Cape Associate Professor of genetics, Maria D’Amato said she had found the DNA traces of four different animals in one beef sausage.

[Source: BdLive]