Dr. Amr Mostafa, the former Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Cairo University, revealedFor the shocking study in question regarding the presence of dog, donkey and pig meat in the Egyptian marketsDetails of the study and how the disaster was discovered.
He said in exclusive statements to “Al-Arabiya.net” that during his deanship of the college, he established several laboratories to detect genetically modified foods in the Egyptian market and named the Research Laboratories Complex, so that those analyzes might be approved and recognized globally, adding that he aimed to research and analyze all foods and foods. available in the markets and granting those in charge of them and their producers a certificate of validity.
halal certificate
He said that among the approved laboratories is a laboratory for the detection of meat and livestock, and the granting of what is known as a certificate called “Halal” to those in charge of it, noting that a new research project has been prepared on processed meat as well as meat provided by street vendors in popular and slum areas, to know its components and contents. Does it meet the specifications or not?
He added that this meat does not have a source or data certificate, and when analyzes were prepared around it and 35 samples were examined, the result was the discovery of 15 samples of violation, including 11 samples of pork, 3 samples of dog and donkey meat and a sample of horse meat, stressing that the result is related to the meat of restaurants and shops. It came intact.
Unknown places and street vendors
He added that among the foods that have been proven to have these additives are burgers, hot dogs, minced meat and sausage, which are sold on street vendors’ carts, stressing that awareness should be made not to eat foods from unknown places that sell products of unknown origin and without a data certificate.
He revealed that the study was issued months ago and was intended to be published in one of the major scientific journals, but it found its way to be published recently.
Upset and conflicting statements
An uproar was aroused in Egypt because of this study, which terrified the Egyptians, while Dr. Sameh Abdel-Fattah, the current Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, announced that the research had nothing to do with the Faculty of Agriculture, stressing that it was not officially published in any scientific journal affiliated with the faculty or university.
He stressed that the college is not responsible for what was published on the websites, pointing out that there are no doctors working in it.
