Goat and skin in millions of 'lamb' kebabs compared to horsemeat lasagne scandal

Goat and skin in millions of 'lamb' kebabs compared to horsemeat lasagne scandalTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, If you're a lover of a takeaway donor kebab, you may not be after watching thisByWill FyfeBBC WalesPublished17 minutes agoMillions of people are likely to have eaten takeaway kebabs made with goat, skin and fat when they thought they were buying lamb meat, in a fraud that investigators have compared to the 2013 horsemeat lasagne scandal.BBC News has been told the kebabs from Kismet Kebabs, which describes itself as one of the UK's largest doner kebab makers, were sold to fast food outlets across the country for years.The firm was fined £500,000 after pleading guilty in court to a fraud that dates back to 2021.Kismet Kebabs, which is estimated to have made £6m from the fraud, said it related to "historical events that occurred over five years ago" and when they "operated under a different leadership structure".Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kismet Kebabs was established in 2008 and produces more than 100 tonnes of kebab varieties every week Kismet Kebabs advertised and labelled its lamb doner kebabs as being made with up to 87% lamb – depending on the kebab.But concerns were raised when trading standards officers in Swansea began to randomly DNA test doner meat from takeaways in the city in 2020 and 2021.Kebabs that were meant to be "70% lamb" came back as showing "less than 10% sheep"."I think some customers won't be surprised there's a lot of skin and fat in these products - but I don't think many people will be expecting goat," said Swansea trading standards officer Rhys Harries.Image source, Media WalesImage caption, Kismet Kebabs Ltd directors Panayiotis Vasilis Michael, left, and Djemal Enver, right, admitted one count of fraud by false representation"A consumer buying a kebab...