Eating out tonight? Better check the menu

Muscat: A gang of expats toured slaughterhouses, collected rotting remains of animals and repackaged the scraps before selling them to restaurants.
Business was so good the expats even had an invoice system for billing, consumer watchdogs revealed.
Five expatriates were jailed, fined more than OMR25,000 and face deportation from the Sultanate, after they were caught selling animal carcass remains from slaughterhouses to restaurants in Oman.
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According to the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP), the five expats in Al Mussanah would collect the remains from slaughterhouses and store them in a large fridge in a rented house at a local farm. In the evening, they would clean it with hot water using knives, machetes and blowtorches to prepare it for packaging, and then distributed them to a number of restaurants and commercial centres in Muscat.
"The Court of First Instance issued a judgment against two defendants, who were convicted of violating the Consumer Protection Law and the Food Safety Law, and the offence of working outside their sponsored visa. The violators were sentenced to imprisonment, deportation from the country, confiscation of tools, and were fined OMR 25,200." PACP announced.
Salem Al Abri, Assistant Director of Consumer Protection Department in Al Batinah South, said, "One of the suspects was caught inside the house as he was preparing the stored remains for distribution."
"Four large refrigerators, two gas cylinders, 15 knifes, two cutters, (weighing) scales, a computer, and a number of records and invoices marked with the names of the restaurants and commercial centers were confiscated," he added.
"The department immediately took necessary action against the violators and the case was transferred to Public Prosecution, who issued a verdict condemning all the defendants," Al Abri said.
"One of the reasons for the rise of such violations is the rental of farms and houses to the violators, who allow them to engage in activities without obtaining approvals from the competent authorities.
"We need a kind of follow-up to ensure the quality and validity of goods provided to consumers, especially goods related to human health and safety," Al Abri added.