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Title : Curries and pizza found to contain the wrong meat in shocking test results
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Source : The Sun
Year : 2018
Link : https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7457997/curry-pizza-takeaways-fail-scottish-meat-tests/
Country : United Kingdom
Commodity: AP-Meat and edible offal
Abstract: Curry takeaways have been found to have the wrong type of meat in a shocking investigation. The National Farmers' Union Scotland said there were "clear examples of food fraud" after it was found Indian-style lamb dishes were among those found to contain a meat not listed on the label. Rex Features Curries were among the dishes found to be containing meat not listed on the label Ham pizza toppings were also found to be chicken or turkey, the BBC reported. Food Standards Scotland found that 48 of the 631 dishes - eight per cent - tested last year were "contaminated" with a meat not listed in the ingredients. Gary Walker, who runs the Glasgow Scientific Services Lab, said: "There can be a very small amount of one meat in the presence of another