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Monday 17 September 2012

Cane rat meat 'sold to public' in Ridley Road Market, East London

Cane rats and "shocking" quantities of illegal and "potentially unsafe" meat have been sold to the public in east London, a BBC London undercover investigation has found.

Secret filming in one of the capital's busiest food markets has revealed butchers and food stores prepared to sell large quantities of meat that break food safety laws.

 

West African and environmental health officer sources told the BBC the Ridley Road Market, in Dalston, was a known hotbed of illicit meat activity, including sales of illegal "smokies", a delicacy made by charring sheep or goat with a blow torch.

Yet a Freedom of Information request to Hackney Council reveals the last enforcement visits to premises concerning illegal meat in the whole borough took place in 2009.

It is disgusting and outrageous that the local authorities don't take action” Dr Yunes Teinaz Environmental health expert

"This is shocking, I am just so shocked to see so much of it," said Paul Povey, one of the UK's leading experts in meat hygiene and inspections and a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, who examined the meat for the BBC.

"It's all illegal and hasn't undergone health control, hasn't been inspected and may well be contaminated.
"You've got to wonder about the contamination level of this meat that anyone's bringing into their kitchens."
Hackney Council said it had only received one complaint of illegal meat being sold since 2009 which was not proven.

Source: BBC

40 comments:

Anonymous said...

linda ur here speaking plenty english..cane rat is grass cutter naa "nchi"..kai dese british pple dnt knw wat they are missing sha..i so wish i found dis place earlier...mtchwww, dis useless coventry sef, u cant find anything good..

Anonymous said...

oyibos are funny...is cane rat not grass cutter .??let them come to our slaughter here they will be faint.

Warri Girl said...

The thought of eating rat wants to make me puke.

Anonymous said...

Is it bush meat linda and this bbc people are speaking all this grammer for.

Anonymous said...

That you eat it doesn't mean British people eat it oh. Only in East L

Anonymous said...

Continue "puking"

Anonymous said...

I can bet linda didn't even know cane rat is anu nchi. With d way she reported d shocking news...looool

Ms.Bee said...

Warri girl so you no dey chop bush meat?

Anonymous said...

@warri girl u well so???tell me u av neva eaten bush meat b4....disgor oshi!!!well 4 d bristish pple I dnt blame dem

Unknown said...

they should cook it with egusi. hmmmm

WHITE PEARL said...

Na naija man go fit do dat kin tin oo,LOL ..we alone can sell water to a well aNd seLl Ice even in iceland ..buh evn if no be naija man do am den pesn don thief our cunny cunny intelligence,LOL ..

hmmm said...

eran igbe ba? yuck! I hate the smell and taste of it but people who love it do not joke around with it. How did they get it into the country and what nationality sells it the most. They need to crack down on how it got into the UK

Chaz said...

I loooove bush meat, but to be honest living in London I only eat it if me, my parents or a family friend has personally brought it back. It could well of not been packaged well by people bringing it on to sell here so I'd be extra careful to avoid it, cause its illegal to bring so who knows how they brought large quantities over. But boy oh boy do I love it in Nigeria where I can eat it as fresh as can be.

Anonymous said...

anon 7.42...u mean they will faint...check ur typo

Anonymous said...

thank u proffesor of english

Anonymous said...

Oh my, u'r in cov as well.. As in ehn we no dey get beta sometin ere, we dey always carry last..choi

shosh said...

Obo ni e,dias a diff btwn rat n cane rat. Olodo aye

Eze said...

1st anon,kpele I used to live in coventry,that town reeks of severe depression and poverty.Relocate if u can bro.Anyway by the way, the bushmeat is targeted for we naija, no be oyibo.Chop am with ugba or peppersoup,choi confirmed heaven delicacy.
All these oyibo and their meat laws sef, if na kebab them no go talk.

Flaks said...

No mind them, nah Grasscutter. They said we shouldnt bring in food to their country,that they have naija food that you pay through your nose to buy. Now they are shouting rat. Make them no shout joor. At least America go tell you no meat no snail no fresh food. But you are allowed to bring in any other type of dry food once you declare it. But then sha, naija people dirty sha. The day i saw mallams washing bitterleaf that they would dry and package and send to UK for sale, i wanted to die. Go to Otto market, you would see these guys, dirty smelling abokis, watching your veggies and putting their sweat on it, Eeeeeewwwww

Anonymous said...

Am sure Nigerians are d highest customers.Since dey know d worth of d Meat...Lol

Lala said...

Bush meat na!

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Nawaoo dis people don't know what they're missing. Lindiway this news is not for us atall,coz while dey detest it their,it calls for celebration here. My Tiv friend is already asking if its at wuse market.~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310.

Bubble gum said...

"useless conventry" i believe u r there with hope of becoming a nun,priest or watever y'all go there to become. i can only imagine d kind of priest or nun u would turnout to be..smh

kemsugar said...

That's so gross....

Legal said...

Warri gal no be house rat oo.. Na bush meat, "Nchi"..... See as you dull sef.

Anonymous said...

Abeg is coventry rily useless,cos I'm tryna do my MSc dre. Ka m jukwaa n'oge

Anonymous said...

I tink a nigerian owns d place!!!

Anonymous said...

one manLs meat is another's dislike, some our our priced meats ie snails and grass cutters are considered unsafe in the developed world.

Anonymous said...

LOL! Una don change am to 'Bush Meat'.. Oga o

DEEFLAMEZ said...

CHAI!!! SEE FUCKUP SHA. THESE OYINBO PEOPLE TOO DEY MESS UP MEHN, DEM NO EVEN SABI WASSUP. BUSHMEAT NA CORRECT DELICACY, DEM DEY TALK ABOUT HYGIENE...mtweeewww...AWON OLOSHI.

***munches bushmeat & swallows Fufu*** Yummy!!!

@willadebo

Anonymous said...

Nothing s wrong wit dat,s a good meat

Anonymous said...

Why are u all talking dat way? Is not part of dia culture 4 cryin out loud, wat do u people except;to embrace wat dey dnt av any idea abt?

Remember, on man's'meat is another's illness, even me sef we i be Naija persoooon i neva eat grass cutter before and i dnt think i can neva eat it cos of. Its similar looks like a rat!

Cardinalkuzy said...

What is good for the Jews is also good for the Gentiles... So,Africans eat Cane meat,we call it 'Bush meat' and it doesn't kill....let them have a feel of it.... LIBlogers,have U ever traveled along Ogun state to see how yummy and mouth watering this meats are?...lol

Anonymous said...

@warri girl- same here ... We be Aje butter ...

Mariaah said...

LOL!! Dalston Market will forever be razz yo!! Na my market be that oo.. You can buy any Naija food there.. Oyibo pple no knw bush meat so when in Rome....

Anonymous said...

na wa...kay thinks coventry is for priests and nuns...hahahahahahaha

Anonymous said...

Kay is a really bush person sha priest and nuns kor imam and babalawo ni

Anonymous said...

na better bush meat they call 'cane rat' after i read this piece , i carry my oyinbo boyfriend go buy correct bushmeat and i made a lovely pot of soup ! the guy went all oliver twist on me! lol

Anonymous said...

Kay ur just a bushmeat! Ahahahah google is ur friend oo

Anonymous said...

@ Kay.. U've killed me w/laff abeg.. U claim u reside in The united States yet you lack exposure. Coventry is a city in The UK and not a CONVENT! Phew!!!

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