Daily news round up: our selection of food and chef news from the world's press

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Rat meat passed off as lamb in China The latest food scandal in China - which has seen rat meat passed off as lamb - has raised more questions about food safety in the country. Read more from the BBC   Michelin for the masses: Japan's standing restaurants head for New York Japan's popular standing restaurants, where patrons eat food by former Michelin restaurant
chefs for a fraction of the cost at a seated-restaurant, are about to hit New York. Read more from Reuters   Goat meat found in lamb dishes, tests reveal Goat meat has been discovered as the latest example of cheap substitutes being used in place of more expensive products, in the wake of the horse meat scandal. Read more from Caterer and Hotelkeeper
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Editor 13th May 2013

Daily news round up: our selection of food and chef news from the world's press