22 Tonnes of Fake Beef Made of Pork Confiscated in China
Police in Xi'an reported that they had found and seized more than 22 tons of fake beef at a local factory.
By Sadho Ram — 16 Sep 2013, 02:34 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Police in Xi'an have busted a factory that produced and sold 1,500 to 2,000 kg of fake beef
Police in Xi'an, Shaanxi province have seized over 20,000 kg of
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The fake beef was actually made from pork. Pork is cheaper and more easily produced than beef, but apparently it can be made to look and taste exactly like beef.
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The pork was treated with substances including paraffin wax and industrial salts to make it look like beef.
The factory making it had sold more than 3,000 pounds of the fake beef to local markets at 25 to 33 yuan ($4 or $5)
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Police have shut down 6 separate workshops devoted to treating pork to make it look like beef
Police say they shut down six separate workshops devoted to treating pork to make it look like beef, and the phony meat has been seized
shanghaiist.comXi'an has a large Muslim community, and the news of pork being passed off as beef has some people worried that they may have accidentally consumed meat from a forbidden animal.
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This is the not the first time, in May 2013, Chinese authorities seized 20,000 tonnes of illegal meat products and detained gang passing off fox, mink and rat as mutton
Police in China have arrested 904 people for "meat-related offences" over the past three months, including a gang that made more than £1m by passing off fox, mink and rat meat as mutton, the country's public security ministry has announced.
Since January, authorities have seized 20,000 tonnes of illegal products and solved 382 cases of meat-related crime – primarily the sale of toxic, diseased and counterfeit meat.
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PHOTO 1: Real v fake mutton
Real mutton, left, and fake mutton in a picture taken from Chinese public safety blog
Image via guim.co.ukPHOTO 2: The thawed meat on the left separates more easily, suggesting it is not mutton
The thawed meat on the left separates more easily, suggesting it is not mutton.
Image via guim.co.uk
In April, 2011, a lady who bought a tray of eggs in Pulau Tikus had a shock when she found them to be fake eggs
Consumers Association of Penang president S.M. Mohamed Idris said the housewife had brought the eggs to his office after finding something fishy when she tried to cook them. “She told us that the eggs did not smell like real eggs and were tasteless. It was also of unusual shapes and larger than real eggs.
thestar.com.my“The fake egg also had a rougher surface than the genuine one. “When cracked, there was no sign of chalaza, the structure inside the egg that keeps the yolk in place. “The fake egg white and yolk quickly mixed together, unlike that of real eggs,” Idris said.
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