31.   Ostrich meat has significantly less fat, calories and cholesterol than beef, and is even healthier to eat than chicken or turkey.

32.   Public concern over mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, increased last year after potentially infected meat had to be urgently withdrawn from French supermarket shelves.

33.   The meat has to be cut into thicker chunks to accelerate skewering.

34.   The smuggled meat had no import licence or health certificate, but Mr Chan said it was difficult for the public to distinguish the meat.

35.   Those who have tried it say that dog meat has a distinctive flavor compared with goat meat, beef, or pork.

36.   Whale meat once had a prominent place in the Japanese diet.