Results of a laboratory analysis by the Chemistry Authority have shown that the dyes used in Egypt to stamp meat contain methyl alcohol, which is toxic to humans and banned worldwide, says a report filed by Cairo’s Veterinary Medicine Directorate with the Administrative Prosecution office.
The Administrative Prosecution office has instructed slaughterhouses throughout Egypt to stop using bottles of red and purple dyes.
The Chemistry Authority had received samples from materials used by the Safaga and Basateen slaughterhouses to stamp meat which it used to carry out its analysis.
Mokhles el-Kordy, head of the Chemistry Authority, said that European countries have banned the use of the substance use even in detergents.
Meanwhile, the Administrative Prosecution has launched investigations and will question members of all the committees charged with inspecting the chemicals used in meat stamping, to uncover any violations in the supply of the substances and how they made their way to the two slaughterhouses in Safaga and Basateen.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
