'Skippy meat' scandal became global joke

By Ewa Kretowicz
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:55pm, first published November 18 2012 - 12:12am

It started with an eagled-eyed food inspector in San Diego, California on July 27,1981 and almost destroyed the $1 billion a year beef export trade of Australia.

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