Lamb takeaways with no lamb in them
Over ten per cent of lamb takeaways contain no trace of the meat.
''The government, local authorities and the Food Standards Agency need to make tackling food fraud a priority and take tougher action to crack down on offenders.''
An investigation by the consumer group Which? found that two in five lamb curries and kebabs were mixed with beef and chicken, while more than one in ten had no trace of lamb whatsoever.
The investigation involved buying 60 takeaway meals from restaurants in Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England, and London and 24 of those meals had lamb mixed with other meats while seven contained no lamb at all.
Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said: ''More than a year on from the horse meat scandal, our research uncovers shocking evidence of food fraud.
''The government, local authorities and the Food Standards Agency need to make tackling food fraud a priority and take tougher action to crack down on offenders.''