Europe is supposed to have the world’s strictest food safety regulations, and rightly so. Consumers expect the food they put on their tables to be not only of quality, but also safe to eat. Europeans are “increasingly looking to buy commercial products capable of minimizing damage to their health,” as a 2022 study puts it. Not to mention they also prefer to know what it is they are eating—which is not an outlandish thing to expect, one might think.
Do you know what is in your kebab?
Many people in the UK thought they did but one of the largest suppliers, Kismet Kebabs, has just been prosecuted for lying extensively.
Their “lamb” kebabs were labelled as having 50-70% of lamb but DNA testing has shown they have very… pic.twitter.com/jP68F3NU1W
— Miss Jo (@therealmissjo) July 3, 2026
