Everything about Kebab Rat totally explained
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Kebab rat is a pejorative term used in the East End of
London to describe unclean
vermin meat that has been processed to form
döner kebab meats. Since the processing and production of meat for consumption as kebabs is normally limited to
lamb,
beef,
chicken or occasionally
fish, the use of vermin meat is considered unsafe and in many countries
illegal. The vermin meat is supposedly ground and mixed with proper meats before being processed into the large slab of meat which is fed onto a vertical spindle and grilled before being served.
The term originated in a local newspaper, the
Hackney Gazette
in
2003, in an article covering the closure of a kebab house in
Tottenham, although it's likely it had already entered popular use by locals beforehand to describe the products of disreputable meat preparation companies and
slaughterhouses.
As of
2005, there have been no known instances of food preparation companies being closed or
prosecuted due to the use of vermin meat in edible products in London, which might suggest that the term is unwarranted and potentially
slanderous. It is believed that reports of food
poisoning from local kebab shops become distorted and foster this
urban myth.
In the UK selling rodent meat in kebabs is likely to be incompatible with current
Meat Regulations and would likely require a Novel food pre-market safety assessment under European legislation should a kebab shop wish to sell it legally.
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