Veal found in kebabs in Sussex, Trading Standards officers say (From The Argus)
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Veal found in kebabs in Sussex, Trading Standards officers say
10:51am Friday 25th January 2013 in News
Large amounts of poultry, beef and veal have been discovered in many lamb kebabs, a trading standards investigation has found.
West Sussex trading standards officers have been examining descriptions applied to kebabs at sellers across the county over recent months.
Officers found that eight out of 10 descriptions were wrong. Officials said most of the problems stemmed from local sellers not understanding the rules rather than deliberately setting out to deceive the public.
A spokesman said: "It was discovered that while many 'lamb' kebabs were mostly made from lamb, they also contained significant amounts of poultry, beef and even veal.
"If you buy a 'lamb' kebab or a 'doner kebab', advice from trading standards is that the only meat in it should be lamb unless the menu description tells you otherwise."
Sellers were given a warning and a chance to put matters right before being re-visited. The spokesman said that all corrected the descriptions applied.
Christine Field, the council's public protection cabinet member, said: "We want to remind traders that mis-describing food is a serious matter. What goes on sale for the public to eat has to be what has been described."
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Comments(13)
inadaptado
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11:50am Fri 25 Jan 13
Spx wrote:Wouldn't you rather know what you are actually eating? Just saying.
Meat is meat, does it matter where it comes from?
Wiggsy
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12:23pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Spx wrote:It does when its claimed that horse meat containing an anti-inflammatory drug which can cause cancer in humans may have entered the food chain
Meat is meat, does it matter where it comes from?
getThisCoalitionOut
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12:25pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Joshiman
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12:26pm Fri 25 Jan 13
/cow/lamb/chicken/ho
rse made into a burger or a kebab.Become a veggie no doubt.
Mr Sworld
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12:34pm Fri 25 Jan 13
They've gone up market then? Sounds quite nice actually!
Crystal Ball
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12:48pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Fairfax Sakes
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3:31pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Plunge
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4:10pm Fri 25 Jan 13
GIVE UP
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5:08pm Fri 25 Jan 13
Maxwell's Ghost
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6:46pm Fri 25 Jan 13
I always thought that those disgusting lumps of fat in kebab shops were in fact waste from hospital sluices or crematoria and one had to be drunk to actually consume them.
Freeloaders
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7:54pm Fri 25 Jan 13
wippasnapper
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9:38am Sat 26 Jan 13
Spx says...
11:33am Fri 25 Jan 13