Probably bollocks: Doner kebabs ‘to be outlawed across Europe’

Wasn’t planning an update tonight, and I promise I’ll keep this brief, but this story below would appear to be in line with the EU banning bendy bananas, imperial measures and haircuts: utter bollocks.

A quick scan of the article suggests that the contentious issue isn’t doner kebabs themselves, rather one particular ingredient, and by ingredient I mean additive. I’m sure that phosphates have their uses, I for one quite like how they make matches catch fire; however, I’m not 100% convinced that the exclusion of them will a) kill the doner kebab industry dead, nor b) be a bad thing, to be honest.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/12/01/doner-kebabs-to-be-outlawed-across-europe-7124829/

Update: Someone who’s job it is to make sure chemicals in food meet European standards agrees…

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