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The Halal World
30/4/2014 Hour 12:53

Halal meat withdrawn from school menus in Leicester

Halal meat has been withdrawn from city schools after tests revealed a lamb kebab contained more than 50 per cent beef.

The decision by Leicester City Council followed DNA tests on a halal lamb sheek-kebab.

As a precautionary measure, the council removed all halal meat products from its school menus with immediate effect.

Nine schools in the city are known to have served the kebabs in their canteens.

It comes a year after halal lamb burgers were withdrawn from city schools after tests showed one contained 50 per cent pork.

Vi Dempster, assistant city mayor for schools, said: “It’s not good enough another halal product has been found to have content other than listed on the label.

The kebabs were supplied by Punjab Kitchen, of Tyneside, but it is understood the meat is supplied by another firm. A council spokeswoman said an investigation was being carried out into the supply chain.

Halal lamb burgers supplied to 19 schools by Paragon Quality Foods were withdrawn last April, due to pork in a sample.