Chicken in schnitzel missing
Hermon;"":I"13s,
Nuus News
Chicken in schnitzel missing in for a low income cus- en emulsion. purtomers. When challenged on the fact that in ..,i,.. ;:$. chasing some crumbed Jamal Parker, thisinstancetherewasnochickenwhat.,;. . chickenschnitzelsfromthe ffiWW$W;::W theownerofFlor- soever, but only breadcrumbs, Parker [IermanusFruit&VegW@Fw",.idaFoods,re-adamant1ydeniedthis' FoodLover'sMarketre-.WWffi'.'..ffispondedbysay.Thistypeofincidentalsoraisesthe centIy.Itwasmissingakey...Wingthatoverbergquestionofsupplychainmanagement :m.,.T, ingredient - the chicken! ffi;'.r' Foods should and quality control measures of both never have sold Overberg Foods and Fmit & Veg, who " 'bn,"W,.t|W: A disappointed customer f the econo schnit- bothendedupbuyingsuchapoorquality P" ":' brought this to the attention FU zel to Fluit & Veg product. of Ftuit & Veg, who promptly as their custom- DanielBarUett, sales andbuyingmanrespondedtotheincidentand The chicken-less schnifzel. ersfallintoahigh- ager at Overberg Foods'responded by immediately removed all of PHoTo: DEEVM NoRLING er income bracket saying, "Overberg Foods is a distributor theproductsfromtheshelf. It and they should ofhundredsofproductstothousandsof containedonlycompactedbreadcrumbs instead have purchased the premium customersinSouthAfrica.Wedealwith shaped to look like chicken schnitzels. schnitzel. triedandtestedsuppliersandassuchwe Fruit & V.gg explained that the schnit- He further stated that the bulk boxes order large quantities ofsealed boxes of zels were purchased from Overberg suppliedtoOverbergFoodsisclearlyla- productsanddistributethemintheorigFoods and prompfly returned. belled with all the ingredients. inal sealed boxes. However, it would seem the real cul- Florida Foods described the process in "As we do not open and quality-check Customers were
nasty surprise when
prit isfurtherdownthe supply chainand makingthese'schnitzels'as using chickis a supplier that Overberg Foods buys en fillet or skin mixed with water and the product from. soy protein isolate (an extender used to The manufacturer of this inferior bulk up meat products) to form a paste, product is Florida Foods. They ex- then refrigerated overnight to 'set'. plained that this is their 'econo' schnit- By definition, a chicken schnitzel is a zel containing 40% chLcken fil.let and thinned piece of chicken breast, which chicken skin emulsion and is targeted
at
is then crumbed. It is not
a
blended
chick-
eachbox, thereareoccasionssuchasthis incident when an inferior product is delivered and is only noticed by the con-
sumer."
F?uit & Veg said they have stopped buying that particular product and declined to comment further. DEEVRA NORLING
I5
Nuus News
Chicken in schnitzel missing in for a low income cus- en emulsion. purtomers. When challenged on the fact that in ..,i,.. ;:$. chasing some crumbed Jamal Parker, thisinstancetherewasnochickenwhat.,;. . chickenschnitzelsfromthe ffiWW$W;::W theownerofFlor- soever, but only breadcrumbs, Parker [IermanusFruit&VegW@Fw",.idaFoods,re-adamant1ydeniedthis' FoodLover'sMarketre-.WWffi'.'..ffispondedbysay.Thistypeofincidentalsoraisesthe centIy.Itwasmissingakey...Wingthatoverbergquestionofsupplychainmanagement :m.,.T, ingredient - the chicken! ffi;'.r' Foods should and quality control measures of both never have sold Overberg Foods and Fmit & Veg, who " 'bn,"W,.t|W: A disappointed customer f the econo schnit- bothendedupbuyingsuchapoorquality P" ":' brought this to the attention FU zel to Fluit & Veg product. of Ftuit & Veg, who promptly as their custom- DanielBarUett, sales andbuyingmanrespondedtotheincidentand The chicken-less schnifzel. ersfallintoahigh- ager at Overberg Foods'responded by immediately removed all of PHoTo: DEEVM NoRLING er income bracket saying, "Overberg Foods is a distributor theproductsfromtheshelf. It and they should ofhundredsofproductstothousandsof containedonlycompactedbreadcrumbs instead have purchased the premium customersinSouthAfrica.Wedealwith shaped to look like chicken schnitzels. schnitzel. triedandtestedsuppliersandassuchwe Fruit & V.gg explained that the schnit- He further stated that the bulk boxes order large quantities ofsealed boxes of zels were purchased from Overberg suppliedtoOverbergFoodsisclearlyla- productsanddistributethemintheorigFoods and prompfly returned. belled with all the ingredients. inal sealed boxes. However, it would seem the real cul- Florida Foods described the process in "As we do not open and quality-check Customers were
nasty surprise when
prit isfurtherdownthe supply chainand makingthese'schnitzels'as using chickis a supplier that Overberg Foods buys en fillet or skin mixed with water and the product from. soy protein isolate (an extender used to The manufacturer of this inferior bulk up meat products) to form a paste, product is Florida Foods. They ex- then refrigerated overnight to 'set'. plained that this is their 'econo' schnit- By definition, a chicken schnitzel is a zel containing 40% chLcken fil.let and thinned piece of chicken breast, which chicken skin emulsion and is targeted
at
is then crumbed. It is not
a
blended
chick-
eachbox, thereareoccasionssuchasthis incident when an inferior product is delivered and is only noticed by the con-
sumer."
F?uit & Veg said they have stopped buying that particular product and declined to comment further. DEEVRA NORLING
I5
