2024-10-03 22:00:00
Filling buffaloes is an abuse of animals and poses a food safety hazard. It was banned by laws and regulations many years ago, but now it has “reappeared”. The large Taoyuan City slaughterhouse “Yasheng Frozen Food Co., Ltd.” supplies northern Taiwanese meat, while the Huannan Market meat company “CITIC Beef Store” actually inserts a water pipe into the throat of the cow to “forcefully feed” the meat in order to increase the weight of the meat. , resulting in a large amount of liquid hidden in the stomach of the cow after it was slaughtered. The Yasheng monitor captured the cruel process, and the Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture actually ordered the internal organs to be thrown away, allowing the water buffalo to enter the market, seriously endangering consumption. or safety.
Early in the morning at the end of September, the reporter arrived at CITIC Beef’s “Transfer Station” in Pingzhen. The ranch will send the cattle here, and then CITIC employees will drive them to Yasheng for their “last journey”. There were about 10 cattle that day. In the inner and outer sheds, I waited silently and helplessly for the end of my life to come.
An employee surnamed Zhongxin showed up with the cattle at about 7 a.m. He did not rush the cattle to be slaughtered into the car immediately. Instead, he blocked the entire cattle shed with his large truck to block the view of outsiders. Then there was the intermittent sound of water, and from time to time there were cows wailing. When the sound of water gradually subsided and “it was done,” the cows were sent to the slaughterhouse to die.
On the same day, the reporter disguised his identity and entered Yasheng. Yasheng is one of the largest meat suppliers in northern Taiwan. It slaughters about 700 cattle and pigs every day and supports external slaughtering operations. Many meat companies in Beibeitao rent here. At the venue, a master chef is invited to enter, and the operation will last from the afternoon until late at night. The meat will be delivered to major markets before the early morning, and then the meat will be wholesaled by the vendors to the morning market for consumers to choose from.
The butcher cut open the stomach of a cow sent from CITIC Beef Restaurant, and a large amount of liquid poured out. It was suspected that it had been force-fed before death. (Picture/photography team of this magazine)
At 3:30 pm that day, the slaughtering operation started on time. The masters first stunned the cow to be slaughtered with a percussion pistol, then used a lasso and chain hook to hoist its left foot, and hung it on a transport belt to send to the bloodletting point. The next step is to remove the head, feet and tail and dismember them. Each person will be responsible for the meat and internal organs. When the cow’s stomach is cut open, the methods of the unscrupulous businessman are also revealed.
Normal cows mostly have stomachs with dry forage, but the stomachs of the cows sent by CITIC are obviously more water than other cows. The slaughter master does not need to remove them manually, he only needs to cut open the stomachs and mix the water with the forage. It all came out, and an experienced master could tell at a glance that the cow had been manipulated and forced to drink water before it was alive, but this was Yasheng’s “open secret.”
According to the video obtained by the reporter, at about 7 a.m. on August 12, CITIC employees took the cattle to the Yasheng Cowshed eight hours before the slaughtering operation, and pretended to clean the cattle while no one was around. , which actually involves inserting a water pipe deep into the cow’s throat.
The intrusion of foreign objects made the cattle feel uncomfortable and they tried to retreat and break away. However, Lai Nan inserted the water pipe deeper and deeper. The cattle were unable to resist and could only bear it silently. The watering time lasted for 40 seconds. After the water pipe was removed, there were still water droplets from the cattle. It just overflowed from the mouth, and the pain was unimaginable.
CITIC Beef Store has a “transfer station” in Pingzhen. The cattle are sent here by the ranch and then driven to the slaughterhouse by CITIC employees. It is suspected that they were watered during the process. (Picture/photography team of this magazine)
“Xiao Lai often does it, and everyone knows about it.” An insider, A Ming (pseudonym), revealed that Lai Nan usually does it at the “relay station”. Occasionally, if he feels that “the watering is not enough,” he will bring Yasheng to continue dosing. Yasheng veterinarian found out and reported it to the Prevention and Inspection Department, but the Prevention and Inspection Department said that buffaloes can still be slaughtered and only need to remove the internal organs. The buffalo beef was allowed to flow into the market. This statement was difficult for the industry to accept and seriously affected the food quality of consumers. Safety.
CITIC Beef Store denies the accusation, saying that the employee surnamed Lai not only works at CITIC, but is also an employee of other beef stores. The water buffalo photographed in the video is not sold in its store, and the company has never instructed its employees to force water. As for the water in the stomach of the cow, There is more water in the feed because the feeding methods of each ranch are different, and the residual moisture in the feed will also vary. Yasheng said that the watering of cattle was done by outsourced manufacturers. Veterinarians immediately reported the incident to the competent authority after discovering it, and subsequent fines and measures were left to the competent authority to decide.
The National Defense Inspectorate stated that the case of water filling was reported by the veterinarian stationed at the National Defense Inspectorate after discovering it. After inspection by the veterinarian, it was confirmed that the water had not entered the meat, so the internal organs were discarded. The perpetrator will be handed over to the Taoyuan City Animal Welfare Office in accordance with the Animal Welfare Department. “Protection of the Law” will impose fines and administrative penalties will also be imposed on Yasheng.
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