The latest food scandal in China - which has seen rat meat passed off as lamb - has raised more questions about food safety in the country. It seems that barely a day goes by in China without news of yet another food safety scandal. But the latest case - even by Chinese standards - was truly stomach-churning.

Hundreds of people were arrested after passing off rat meat as lamb. Perhaps, unsurprisingly, the scandal has given
rise to a round of stories about rodents. I heard one anecdote about a restaurant in
southern China that serves up rat meat dishes.
Believe me these establishments do exist. At this particular restaurant, the owners
reassured the customers their rats had been
caught in the countryside and not in the sewers.
Now, whether the story is true or not, it gives you a flavour of public concern over food safety. When you eat at cheap restaurants - or roadside stalls for that matter - you are always left with that queasy feeling you may have consumed something you did not order.
The irony is that people in China are now eating more than ever before but quality remains elusive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22467484

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eeew. Na evritin b food??

see business, so all dis rat were i dey kill na another man food, its high time i start catching rats for export to china

The suya and meatpie wey person dey chop lick finger everyday..who knows what's in them?

Ive stopped worrying and thinking 'what if'...because MAN Must Wack!

Yup...it's normal. They eat insects and anything

Posted on the 3rd of May.

https://www.nairaland.com/1278492/rat-meat-sold-lamb-china

u go fear pple love for meat now.if dey no mind i fit export enough for dem from 9ja cos this na natural resources way dey waste oh

only in china

My my my
See vomit on top thread

Wahala!

4uk up, dis people no get better rat

If rat become eatable meat, then before one week you no go see rat for your area.

Spits

if na Naija now dem people for dun issue warning to their people say make dem mind wetin dem dey eat for Naija but dem dun dey eat horse and rat meat and yet we never issue warning on corned-beef and all that shyte they package and toss on us.....smh

Help me tell dem say Rat meat na sweet meat

Janiobi: 4uk up, dis people no get better rat

yaa lik d onee in yhur kitchenn..

Old news.Vulture are often roasted as Chicken suya,Horse meat are being sold as lean meat in Europe and in the USA($1 menu Macdouble hamburgers)and most of the imported canned meat are of unknown contents as well.

Rich4god: If rat become eatable meat, then before one week you no go see rat for your area.

A lot of people have been eating rat unknowingly and are still eating it in the name of Bush meats
What do you think they call bush meat?
Some will say is Grasscutter? For where?
They are mostly big fat rat's that have ran into the bush for safety

Trash.........

Is it nt better to eat rat meat than to eat frog

This is old news nah.
very sad and irritating news from China.

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Na wa, the reason why the Christians believe(s) the world is coming to an end, the atheists believes somehow evolution is taking place. . .

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAT MEAT AND GRASSCUTTER. ITS DA SAME DAYUM THANG. NAIJAS ALREADY EAT FRIED RAT MEAT WITH GARRI

Like say na today dem don dey chop weird. No b dem dey chop lizards. Mtcheeeew

meat na meat. just make sure it is WELL DONE!

'rare', 'pink' or 'medium' will give you disease o!

And all of una wey dey go chop Chinese or Indian, na God get ur life o

what you don't know will not kill you.