[guide.chat] look whats in your food chicken blood heart not meat
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- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:29:48 -0000
Fears over 'mystery meat' in takeaway which has baffled experts
28 Mar 2013 00:00
DNA tests ruled out lamb, beef, chicken, pork, goat, horse - and even human
flesh - leaving the grim possibility it could be dog or cat
Lamb pussanda? Even the experts don't know what was in curry
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It was on the takeway menu as a lamb curry - but it baffled food experts who
later examined it.
They were surprised when they found the meaty chunks in the spicy sauce did not
contain a single trace of lamb.
And the mystery deepened as DNA tests went on to rule out beef, chicken, pork,
goat, horse - and even human flesh.
Eventually they were left with the grim possibility that the unidentified
ingredient could be dog or cat meat.
The shock finding is the latest unpleasant twist in the recent horsemeat
scandal.
It was revealed in a BBC3 documentary, The Horsemeat Banquet, last night.
The Indian curry was bought at random from an unnamed takeaway in London, along
with burgers, kebabs and Chinese dishes, as part of a special investigation.
They were all sent for analysis with some unappetising results that may give
many fast-food lovers pause for thought.
A show spokesman said: "Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse, the
results came in for an Indian lamb curry.
"It did contain meat - but it was not lamb, not pork, nor was it chicken or
beef. Not horse, and not goat either.
"At this moment, the lab is unable to identify exactly which animal this meat
came from."
Nutritionist Surinder Phull added: "It's absolutely terrifying because if it
isn't any of the meats we know, well what is it?
"Where has it come from? Where was it slaughtered? Was it hygienic? Was it
covered in bacteria?"
Shocked: Nutritionist Surinder Phull
The documentary makers also found a beef burger that contained no beef, apart
from blood and heart.
And the meat in a beef in black bean sauce dish contained mainly chicken blood
and chicken scraps, with very little beef.
The only fast food that lived up to its name was a lamb doner kebab - so often
the butt of jokes - that was pure lamb.
One expert said: "It was quite amazing to find something with no stray
ingredients."
The documentary set out to challenge pre-conceived ideas about food, but
filming took a unforeseen turn when six samples of popular takeaways were
tested.
It is the first time an unknown meat has been proved to be on sale in the high
street since the horse burger scandal hit the headlines 11 weeks ago.
So far, more than 5,000 tests ordered by the Food Standards Agency have been
carried out with 44 positive for horse - including meals at schools, day
centres and care homes.
Rogue meat making its way undetected on British shelves has been linked to
abattoirs in Eastern Europe, Ireland and even the UK.
The scandal uncovered a bigger problem across the food industry, leading to
many supermarkets pulling a number of household brands from their shelves.
Yesterday the Mirror revealed how shoppers appeared to be starting to regain
their trust, with meat sales showing the first signs of recovery.
Beef and ready meal sales were both rising after taking a major slump at the
height of the crisis.
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