Careful what you eat...it may be RAT.

When I was growing up, I had heard stories of going to Chinese restaurants and how "that may not be chicken in the chow-mein". Well, there is a bit of truth to that it seems!

Police in China have smashed a crime ring that sold meat from rats and other animals as rat meat, in a case that left the public disgusted and highlighted the need for more food safety regulations in the world's most populous nation.
The 60-member ring took in more than $1 million, and increased to nearly 1,000 the number of people arrested since the end of January for selling tainted meat products, the Ministry of Public Security said on its website on Thursday.

"How many rats does it take to put together a sheep?"- Poster on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter

According to Reuters, one suspect used additives to spice up and sell rat, fox and mink meat at markets in Shanghai and Jiangsu province.

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