Overview
- In June 2026 Swansea Crown Court fined Kismet Kebabs Ltd £500,000 and ordered £259,298 in prosecution costs after the company pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation.
- Local trading‑standards samples taken in 2020–21 prompted a multi‑agency probe by Swansea Council, the National Food Crime Unit and the Food Standards Agency that led to a factory inspection in May 2021.
- Laboratory tests cited in court showed major mismatches between labels and contents, including a doner labelled 87% lamb that tested about 51% meat and 40% fat, and inspectors found little or no lamb at the Chelmsford premises.
- Investigators relied on recipe cards and invoices showing the firm bought very little lamb and instead used large volumes of fat, skin, goat, mutton and mechanically recovered trimmings that were counted toward 'meat' content.
- Prosecutors and the judge described the conduct as organised and endemic dishonesty, while the defence said the company has since made reforms and warned a larger fine could force liquidation; the case raises wider questions about supply‑chain labelling and enforcement.