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Forget Horse Meat Or Fake Tuna, Rat Meat is Being Sold As Lamb In China
Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
It seems as if those engaged in food fraud just want to keep escalating their game. First we were horrified by horse meat and fake tuna, then dog meat, but now it’s gotten worse. Much worse. In China, the food fraudsters have take things to an entirely new level by mixing rat, fox and mink meat with gelatin additives and passing it off as lamb. You may want to avoid that food cart next time you’re in Shanghai. From The Washington Post:
BEIJING — Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country’s latest food safety scandal.
The Ministry of Public Security released results of a three-month crackdown on food safety violators, saying in a statement that authorities investigated more than 380 cases and arrested 904 suspects.
Among those arrested were 63 people who allegedly ran an operation in Shanghai and the coastal city of Wuxi that bought fox, mink, rat and other meat that had not been tested for quality and safety, processed it with additives like gelatin and passed it off as lamb.
The announcement came as China’s top court on Friday issued guidelines calling for harsher punishment for making and selling unsafe food products in the latest response to tainted food scandals that have angered the public.
The supreme court said 2,088 people have been prosecuted in 2010-2012 in 1,533 food safety cases. It said the number of such cases has grown exponentially in the past several years. For example, Chinese courts prosecuted 861 cases of poisonous food in 2012, compared to 80 cases in 2010.
“We cannot tolerate it any longer. We must punish the criminals severely, or we cannot answer to our people,” Pei said.
Punish criminals? I don’t undertand. In the U.S. we’d probably promote them to top positions at the FDA.
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" In the U.S. we’d probably promote them to top positions at the FDA."
Innovation is the lifeblood of our economy.
@astoriajoe
Cue the GS report on how this would help Hormel's margins and the nutritional value is good too....
Hey, rat meat is probably safer and healtier for you than what Monsanto has to offer and what FDA approves.
funny we had the same first thought
We saw this in Demolition Man....Rat Burgers...and thats still healthier and taste better than the food they are creating genetically for mass consumption.
JPM traders fed to the Chinese?
That's disgusting.
But it may be a new trend.
Nothing a little MSG can't fix.
In Chernobyl, affected rat is size of small sheep, so what is difference!? Put on skewer is roast nicely with mushroom (also very large in Chernobyl).
Oh, and Boris is remember one culinary tip - is shave rat FIRST!
That's the scariest rat I've ever seen, outside of ..... (Insert your personal hate target here).
Actually, the feet are the best part.
Tail is tough, but put back in fire to crispy and sandwhich of Graham Cracker and Korkunoff dark chocolate and is make nice dessert. American visitor friend call it "SMRAT" but Boris is not understand.
lol chinks.
The meat of choice in Detroit is Raccoon:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20090402/METRO08/904020395
When the Feds finish their perceived mission, you will be lucky to find choice rat.
Now, Detroit adopting _____ as their favorite meal?
No way....
That's just wrong.
But then again, so's Detroit.
BTW, where did the MINK meat come from?
Disconnect much?
"Raccoon", is American English racial slur!?
Boris,
So what then is a Tycoon?
Strong air current of Asia source?
Maybe Asian air current with strong odor of rodent.
Let's not get too smug here. USDA-approved rat meat coming up next.
McRodent
with special sauce
Remind Boris of McRib. Circa 1990, Boris eat in Moscow and is wonder where is bone.
They freeze up in the headlights. Fast food.
"Jacking rats" is not illegal in the State of Maine (yet).
But u can't do that with deah.
- Ned
In China, the saying "I smell a rat" obviously has a different connotation.
Wonder what comes with it...stir fry cockroaches?
Prolly save depleted urinal cakes for after dinner mints too ;-)
"Coon or rabbit. God put them there to eat. When men get hold of animals he blows them up and then he blows up. Fill 'em so full of chemicals and steroids it ruins the people. It makes them sick. Like the pigs on the farm. They's 3 months old and weighing 400 pounds. They's all blowed up. And the chil'ren who eat it, they's all blowed up. Don't make no sense."
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20090402/METRO08/904020395#ixzz2SHs8WL3M My God, I wish our president were this smart!I deep fry mine, but they are small here, barely large enough for a sandwich after you cut the head off. They're really pretty good, but you have to cook them fresh, not frozen.
You are to cut off head first? Hmmm, maybe Boris is try decapitate before barbecue because rat whisker is tedious for shaving.
Shangai river rat is the best. Combine it with cow, pig, and dog and ya got yourself a mystery meat meal that'll knock your liederhosen right off.
"Mystery Meat Meal"
You are to remind Boris of Soviet Era, wait in line for hour and hour not know what is at front. Sometimes is hope for boots but is get small thong. Boris is not like thong but can give to child.
(Maybe Beijing McDonald can add "Myster Meat Meal" to menu to with WTF-is-that dairy-ish shake.)
McMickey
Cheer up – it could be worse. I think rat is a very common food in North Korea.
So is human.
Boris be pulling our tail...
Mr. Hulk,
You are funny!
I guess if rats are an entree in Beijing then I imagine field mice must be considered Hors d'Oeuvres. Or Horse d'Oeuvres. I don't know.
"Horse d'Oeuvres"
LOL! Boris is see that! How about "Whore d'oevres" for Stauss-Khan and IMF party!?
Boris, although there are some things American men enjoy shaving (wink, wink), rat is not one of them.
Here we simply burn off the fur and skin, to avoid contact with the fleas & disease they carry. Next, we outsource the gutting & cleaning to immigrant peasants, and then ship to upscale markets as a 'delicacy' ingredient in New York Ponzi-ratis.
Yep, knew a girl like that, once upon a time.
- Ned
Woman can clean rat AND cook up epicurean delightful meal is rare find! Hopefully, girl is now Mrs. Ned and have happy ending!?
Man, no wonder 2013 is The Year of the Rat.
Da, and talent!
not even one of the three, lol. . .
yet.
How romantic Boris; no candlelight needed. You can eat by the soft glow of your main dish...
LOL! Glowing food! But year of Chernobyl, no power so is always eat in Candlelight. After while, not so romantic.
The 80% lean grind is only $1.49 USD.
In Soviet Russian, all rat is lean, like citizenry, but is free. In Amerika you are to pay for Rat!? Is line to counter long?
The fattest imported wild rats from Indonesia are getting hard to find in US stores.
Boris is recommend check internal carcass temperature at least 140°C. Remember, too, SHAVE FUR! (Fur is carry salmon nutella and is catch in teeth).
I just paid 1.5 bernankibucks for a can of condensed tomato soup.
if that does not at face value, tell the tale, nothing will..
until that can of soup costs 10.5 obamabucks in a year or so.,
Mixing rat, fox, and mink meat with gelatin?
Sounds like Rat SPAM.
"SPAT"?...
This chef approves:
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/2700000/Skinner-ratatouille-2791543-1280-1024.jpg
SPAT? Or RAM? Oh, now is understand confusion, bad interpretation of product label.
Rat: the other dog meat.
Dear Mr. Akak,
Hello!
Dobry den, Tovarishch Boris!
Dobre!
Boris can see Alaska ???
Yes, and is can see beautiful full body woman in stylish spectacle stand on patio. Wife is not like Boris look at Alaska.
Beautiful full body woman with stylish spectacle is not like Boris look at Alaska either.'
I have personal hand-write letter from full body lady from back in 2006. She write in loops as curvy as full body. Maybe Boris is interested buy letter?
Depending. Does letter smell like fully body woman in stylish spectacle?
Never to mind! Boris wife is check internet history and is walk in Cyber Cafe look for Boris. Must is to go. Da svedanya!
In seven years ago letter smell as you say, today smell more like wet dog and bit of old caviar kicked under coffee table. Much like current political reputation of writer.
Meh, Boris wife is smell like wet dog and old caviar, so maybe Boris is just happy with wife and is not need titillating memento from full body Alaska woman. (But boy, stylish spectacle and wasp nest hair too sexy, no!)
They are free-range rats.
There was some Asian "inventor" not too long ago who floated the idea to make "tofu" out of human waste. So what would you call it? "Topoo"? "Sheat"?
"floated the idea"
Ah, Boris is see what you are do there! LOL! Float like pig in Chinese Grand Canal.
But please help with Google Translate, "Topoo" and "Sheat" is not real word...
I would spell it "topu" [raises one eyebrow], just saying.
Seriously though, wake me when they start faking rat.
If it's tofu, it's shit no matter what it is made from.
In news, American martial art entrepreneur is use castor bean, try make tofu, but socialist fascist regime is shut down operation.
TeamD:
Well, it has already been named: Soylent Green
They, well, sniff, don't cha' know, took ... well ... everything!!!, including the, gaaaagh, "OINK".
- Ned
Prosecute? Give them a medal. How else do you feed 2 billion hungry chinks?
The problem isn't whether rat, mink and fox are healthy foods. The problem is fraud. They are labeling it as being tested, when it has not been, and labeling it as lamb, when it is not. If it were properly labeled as "rat, mink and fox blend, untested" I would have no problem with this.
In a society that is rapidly declining fraud is the "it" thing. Everyone's committing it (bankers, food producers, governments, etc).
This is one reason why they can report lower inflation numbers.
How do you feel about crunchy frogs?
Somehow they left out the part where nanny Cocteau banned all sodas over 16oz at Taco Bell-
Every restaurant is a taco bell now..
Next cannibalism.why is there a name for eating human flesh but not other animals. Everything tastes like chickens anyway.
Anyone from Monsanto reading this and thinking about it, all I can say is "move along, nothing to see here".
GMO Rat to taste like lamb or pork, and you've got a real cash cow on your hands. I would have no problem with this, if it were honestly labeled, which it would not / will not / is not.
Hmmm, sounds good. I'd help Montsanto build up a business case for the other-other-other white meat.
And no, not a cow, yet, although that can be folded into the plan. Cash now, cash later, but this is "Growth" baby!
- Ned
What's the big deal here? Cats eat rats, and Grandma eats catfood.
Ergo, Grandma eats rats, too.
You skipped the step where Granny eats Garfield
Lots of 'HA'HA's' & yuks on this thread... But francis_sawyer almost had a tragedy of BIBLICAL proportions this morning [& afternoon]...
~~~
Lost a 'sub~ter' SUBFREEZER [with about 1,800 pounds of meat stored in it]... Or ~ the refrigeration unit thereof... I got fucking 80% of my shit in there...
CAUGHT FISH ~ Tuna's, Swords, Wahoos', Cod, plus the continental Trout, Walleye, Catfish, etc.
MY MEADOWED STEER ~ The better part of two whole steer
NOT MUCH CHICKEN [they go by the way], but some WILD TURKEYS
SOME PORK LOINS & BELLIES
~~~
Fuck me... I almost fainted when I saw the unit was down... Almost shit my pants... But...
Moved it all to a backup & saved almost everything in the nick of time...
So to all you people out there, the old adage is TRUE... TWO IS ONE & ONE IS NONE...
Sorry to hear it.
If you oversize the replacement compressor unit slap some supplemental blue or poly-iso board up on the walk-in box, you should be able to get -20 performance for around the same energy usage, and hopefully buy yourself a longer window of opportunity if lightning strikes twice on your primary.
Every suggestion thereto is helpful... THANKS...
~~~
As of now... I got all the meat moved to different units [just in the nick of time I might add]... I still haven't diagnosed the root of the problem yet because it just happened [compressor, or what have you]... It definitely wasn't a power spike, or outage... I have adequate backups in the event of those... Something just kicked [so I suppose it WAS the compressor ~ though it's not temp stressed or anything... I think it's just old]...
Actually ~ there was enough frozen mass in there that it kept the space cooled long enough to not make much a difference... But I can say ~ another 24 hours & I mighta lost a lot of shit...
I got lucky... VERY LUCKY...
can install like National Instruments or other 'skoshi SCADA gear to monitor/alarm. Cheap wrt your local "investment" and its "replacement costs" going into an "uncertain future".
they nowadays have ability to send txt msg as specified.
good fortune to ya
- Ned
Brilliant!
We can call that "New Logic."
:)
pods
Cannibalism applies to all species, and the prohibition is generally because it's extremely easy to catch disease through something more similar to your anatomy, that's why most abrahamic faiths don't allow the eating of pork..
Think blood borne virus, parasite..
Also why cross species pathogens are terrifying.
But those cross-species pathogens are what give us a competitive advantage against isolated groups of people that do not eat pork. Too bad the world is so connected these days.
I fucking care if they taste like pumpkin pie, I don't eat the filthy muther fuckers.
That'd have to be one smart motherfuckin pig!
pods
bet'cher' ass
I heard they fed the rats Doritos Locos tacos from Taco Bell to fatten them up and give the meat better flavor.
I was told to try it...it tastes like chicken. All natural, antibiotic free! With a glass of warm unpasteurized milk. MMMMgood
Spam is like nice dry aged beef compared to rat!
Hey, I smell a.... oh, well that makes sense then.
Comes with egg roll.
probably still healthier than Monsanto's GMO
Chinese authorities guarantee GMO and hormone free.
They would at least get a slot on CNBC as "disrupters"
"Doing more with less".
"Being flexible in the 21st century economy".
"Creating new value in the market".
Wow, now this is taking disgusting to a whole new level.
http://sprottmoneyblog.com/
Ratfinks exposing ratfinkers.
i'm sorry, i just can't find any humor in this travesty. rats are animals too, they have feelings, they have families. this is another assault on an endangered species and the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals should immediately be notified. if people are that hungry for the taste of rat meat, then wall street is a virtual delicatessen of rodent cuisine. bon appetit.............
A full grown rat isn't likely to yield more than a couple of ounces of meat without the internal organs. I'm guessing they grind them whole after skinning, maybe remove the intestines, maybe not.
only if the rats were fed GMO grain
Here in America, we call it "spam". It's great stuff.
The Indonesians call it "Rat Terrier" and according to you-know-who, it's considered a delicacy.
It's also called roadkill, but there are so many other species of edible Rodentia, it seems rather uninspired for the Chinese to confine themselves to rats when there are larger and better tasting species that can be incorporated into their mystery meat chop suey.
No doubt Ananonymous is looking for Nutria breeders as we speak.
pods
years ago, visiting a friend in Arkansas. . . I'm driving us to some hot springs, off the side of the road, upturned possum.
"Road Lobster," he says, nodding. . .
If you're knocking SPAM, you've never had teriyaki SPAM musubi.
Those processed rats are from the world financial Titanic.
Rat on stick. What's not to rike?
whats wong you ax? (mixing meat-aphors, i mean metaphors!)
Rat, ramb, same fravor. who you, bobby fray?
The worst case is cannibalism.
That is the worst case......good to know, i guess.
I'm not sure on that one. Which is really worse, human meat, or human feces processed into "meat"? :
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20072270-71/japanese-scientist-creates-poop-burger-surely-not/
Hmmm, so I guess a big shit sandwich that we all gotta take a bite out of is not just a metaphor?
Life does indeed imitate art.
pods
This is not shocking, especially since they are notorious for selling rat meat as chicken in China.
They are notorious for selling rat meat as chicken / pork / (fill in the blank) at Chinese restaurants everywhere in the world.
And urban pigeons --- or, as they are known in Chinatowns throughout the world, "alley chickens".
Oh - Rats.
"We cannot tolerate any longer" means good scam where's my cut.
Poor Ben
fried rat
finger-lickin good!
That sould be "finger-chewin good."
Time to break out your dog-eared copy of "King Rat" and give it a good read.
Someday, small dogs that were bred in the past for hunting rats will be useful again to find a food source here in the U.S. for us non- 1%ers. Until then keep those noisy little pests quiet.
Jack Russell rat-hunting team. Main action at 2 and 3 min marks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjNdwha_ct0
the Gooks are fucking crazy
they will eat anything! lol
Go to beijing and get those fried scorpions and some deer penis. Really tasty
Oh, deer penis on a stick.
Then corn dog of Schezaun
Yippitie doo dah!
Jesus, there is something fucking wrong with this picture...
http://www.tripbase.com/articles/weirdfoods/images/andouillette_new.jpg
"Hotdogs! You know what they make those things out of, Chet? You know? Lips and assholes!"
The only things on legs that the Chinese won't eat are tables and chairs.
"Wolf's heart and dog's lungs" is Chinese for "useless!"
Thanks for the trenchant analysis.
China has been on a streak of outdoing the rest of the world.
rats happen to be the most bountiful food [protein] source on the planet...
Paul Ratman, is that you?
Vegetarian...
it does lower some of the risk. Then you got to avoid all that GMO soy and corn
rat herding is not easy, but it helps to have a few rat terriers
Fucking Geeeeeeezzzzzzzzzuuussssssssss! Bad enough we have to accept deformaties from Monsanto's genetically fucked up product. Forget jail. Instead, punish them with the thought that if caught, they will be required to hunt rat, fox, and mink (all of the rodent family), and eat ALL of what they hunt, and ONLY what they hunt. FOR 5 FUCKING YEARS! if they are caught eating antying else, they hunt and eat another 5 years worth. Fuckers.
Those freakin Chinese people fake everything...their "gold"..."silver" meats...milk....sheetrock...steel...orgasms....is anything sacred over there...geez!
oh I almost forgot...FUCK YOU CORZINE
Hey Watts
I know for a fact that they don't fake orgasms. She told me so as she was puting my donation in her purse.
;-)