More than a fifth of meat tested in Britain last year contained DNA from animals not listed on the label, according to the BBC.
The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) found 145 items out of 665 that it sampled in 2017 consisted partly or wholly of unspecified meat, it reported.
The products came from 487 businesses, including restaurants and supermarkets.
The FSA said the results, accessed under a BBC freedom of information request, were consistent with 'deliberate inclusion', the broadcaster said.
More than a fifth of meat tested in Britain last year contained DNA from animals not listed on the label, according to the BBC (stock image)
But the agency added that the tests had deliberately targeted operations suspected of 'compliance issues'.
They were 'not representative of the wider food industry', an FSA spokesman told the BBC.
Around half of the 145 contaminated samples came from retailers, which included three supermarkets, 50 belonged to restaurants and 22 originated from food manufacturers.
Some specimens showed DNA from as many as four different animals, while others contained no trace of the actual meat listed on the product label.
Supposed lamb items were most likely to contain traces of other animals' DNA, followed by beef and goat, while cow DNA was the most common contaminate.
Pig, chicken, sheep and turkey also featured frequently when not specified on packaging.
Supposed lamb items were most likely to contain traces of other animals' DNA, followed by beef and goat, while cow DNA was the most common contaminate (stock image)
Mince meat was the product incorrectly labelled most often, followed by sausages, kebabs and restaurant curries.
The FSA was not available for immediate comment.
Its spokesman told the BBC that local authorities - which had procured the samples for the agency - were responsible for leading investigations and taking 'appropriate action'.
The European Union, which Britain is due to leave next March, toughened oversight of the food industry across the continent last year to prevent a repeat of a horsemeat scandal in 2013.
Millions of European consumers were shocked to learn then that a long list of supermarket items being passed off as beef or pork were in fact horsemeat.
WHAT WAS THE 2013 HORSEMEAT SCANDAL?
A scandal erupted in January 2013 after horse DNA was found in several beef products in Britain and Ireland.
Frozen food brand Findus was found to be selling a beef lasagna in several European countries, including the UK, which contained 60 per cent to 100 per cent horse meat.
A number of other companies selling ready-made foods were forced to admit that they had unknowingly sold beef products containing horse meat.
Frozen food brand Findus was found to be selling a beef lasagna in several European countries, including the UK, which contained 60 per cent to 100 per cent horse meat
As a result, supermarkets across the continent pulled millions of suspect food products like canned goulash and lasagna from their shelves.
The horse meat was reported to have originated from a slaughterhouse in Romania, which produced meat for a Dutch company.
Two Frenchmen and two Dutchmen were charged in March 2018 with 'organised fraud' after a three-year inquiry into the scandal.
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Main photo article More than a fifth of meat tested in Britain last year contained DNA from animals not listed on the label, according to the BBC.
The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) found 145 items out of 665 that it sampled in 2017 consisted partly or wholly of unspecified meat, it reported.
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