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Why does SAMPA do TME tests?

SAMPA conducts TME tests to ensure consumers receive quality processed meat products that meet minimum standards. Learn more about TME, the testing process, and how to read TME graphs.

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Why does SAMPA do TME tests?

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  1. Why does SAMPA do TME tests? • SAMPA started testing TME in order to ensure that consumers where getting quality products that met a minimum standard of quality • Government regulators have never had the capacity to test quality parameters in Processed Meat Products, SAMPA members decided to self fund a program of testing to ensure only quality products get sold to consumers • SAMPA spends over R 250 000 per annum on this voluntary testing program each year

  2. What is TME and why 60% ? • Total Meat Equivalent is a measure of product quality and the minimum TME % is defined in SANS 885 • Where do I find the regulation? • SANS 885: 2011 Edition 3 – page 27 Table 2 – Class 6 6.1 , 6.2, 6.3 refers Total Meat Equivalent Minimum Percentage= 60 • Table 2 – Class 7 - Total Meat Equivalent Minimum Percentage= 60

  3. Who does the TME testing and how? • Testing is conducted by Food Consulting Services at their Johannesburg laboratories • FCS is an independent company , who collect samples countrywide and do TME testing on behalf of SAMPA each month • FCS use SAMPA’s Perten 7250 Near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIR)machine – click on link below to see a video of how the Perten works • https://youtu.be/d2kOn-_2ZTQ • NIR technology for routine analysis of food and agricultural products. Near Infrared (NIR) analysis is a spectroscopic technique that makes use of the naturally occurring electromagnetic spectrum. The NIR region is the area of the spectrum defined by wavelengths between 700nm and 2500nm.

  4. How does SAMPA decide what products to test and when? • SAMPA provides a sampling schedule to FCS our partners, which covers all provinces on a rolling 12 months schedule • Product and brands are randomly chosen based on their regional and national footprint , including Private Label brands • Results are confidential and detailed results will not be shared with the industry • Products that are found to be below the required minimum as per SANS 885 will be dealt with directly by the SAMPA CEO and vendor concerned • Non Compliant products are retested within 30 days of the failed test to ensure compliance

  5. How to read the TME graphs • Planned Tests = the total number of samples SAMPA has asked to be tested • Actual Tested = the total available samples of the planned product range, available when the FCS team drew samples ( FCS cannot go back to a store repeatedly, therefore a 100% of the samples are not always available on the day) • Passed = TME > 60% • Failed = TME < 60 %

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