Thailand‘s Department of Livestock Development discovered an illegal import of animal carcasses in the Panthong district of Chon Buri. Authorities have confiscated over 1,200 kilograms of tainted products, which have undergone testing for formalin contamination.

 

Dr. Somchuan Rattanamangkalanont, the director-general of the department, revealed that the investigation located an illegal food factory in Panthong. Niday Chutiphon Siri Mongkolrat, the director of the Veterinary Quarantine and Detention Department, assigned Jiraphat Insuk, Head of Chonburi Animal Quarantine Station, and officers from Chonburi Animal Quarantine Station of Chonburi Livestock Office, to inspect the location with police.

 

The officials found that the factory had been registered as a limited partnership, producing pig intestines, cuttlefish, and sabayon for the local and neighbouring grill shops. Authorities discovered 39 boxes of frozen intestines, weighing 500 kilograms, believed to be imported from Germany. In addition, they found a 200-kilogram container of processed intestines soaked in sodium hydroxide and formalin, two containers filled with sabayon immersed in sodium hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide, and formalin, weighing 400 kilograms, and a container of cuttlefish soaked in formalin weighing 100 kilograms.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Top Photo by Khaosod.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/illegal-animal-carcass-imports-uncovered-in-chonburi-province-raid

 

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The use of dangerous chemicals to preserve meats here , 

maybe more common than is reported , 

 

regards worgeordie

Buying meats in Thailand open air markets akin to playing a Russian roulette, it may look good but probably it gone through some sort of chemical preservation and treatment. 

Eyuch, disgusting.

19 hours ago, ezzra said:

Buying meats in Thailand open air markets akin to playing a Russian roulette, it may look good but probably it gone through some sort of chemical preservation and treatment. 

Some big supermarkets have meat products that get distinctly high during the day despite liberal quantities of ice. 

I won't buy meat on markets where no attempt is made to keep swarms of flies off the produce.

22 hours ago, mikebell said:

I won't buy meat on markets where no attempt is made to keep swarms of flies off the produce.

Well the stall owner frequently has a plastic swatter, and sometimes a tiny fan is connected to a 12v supply, with bits of string tied to it to deter flies!

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Well the stall owner frequently has a plastic swatter, and sometimes a tiny fan is connected to a 12v supply, with bits of string tied to it to deter flies!

Those are the only shops that get my custom.