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Watchdog: Sheep product passed off as goat cheese

British group Which? said nine of 76 samples of goat cheese collected from across Britain contained cheese from sheep.

By Ben Hooper
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A British consumer watchdog said samples of goat cheese collected from across the country were tested and some were found to mostly contain sheep's milk.

Consumer group Which? said 76 samples of goat cheese from stores in eight locations across Britain were tested by Professor Chris Elliott at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Elliott and his team found six of the samples contained 50 percent or more cheese derived from the milk of sheep. Three additional samples contained up to 5 percent cheese from sheep.

"These results reinforce the need to strengthen checks to ensure people are really getting what they are paying for. We will be following up on our findings with the companies and Food Standards Agency," Which? said in a statement.

The group did not identify the offending brands or stores from the analysis.

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