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SCANDAL: ZAMBEEF Injects Meat With Aldehyde, A Chemical Used For Embalming Dead Bodies, Then Sells Meat To Zambians
An analysis of 8 beef products imported into the country by Zambeef, seeing by health inspectors confirmed the presence of Aromatic Aldehyde.
Health experts say the aromatic adehydes discovered in Zambeef beef is used to embalm dead bodies and can cause organ cancers like cancer of the blood in human. And the Competition and Consumer Protection commission says it is aware about Zambeef’s imported products been under scrutiny.
According to an analysis to the Minstry of health’s food and control laboratory conducted in Lusaka last week, aromatic Aldehyde was detected in all the samples
The health experts told journalists yesterday that Aromatica Adehydes which they compare to Benzene or jet fuel are powerful preservatives chemicals that are dangerous for human beings as they cause diseases such as leukamia. fThese are mainly ised for embalming dead bodies, for example if someone dies here in Zambia and they come from UK, in order for the body to reach the Uk fresh, we inject the Aromatica Aldehyde in the veins” Said the health experts.
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mukombe
June 20, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Why is the local authority not closing down places where such beef has been found. Either someone is politicking or the whole story is a lie.
SHI DODO
June 20, 2013 at 12:49 pm
THE DUMP SITE ZAMBIA SENT AWAY GRADUENTS LIKE PROFFESSOR CHIRWA AND EVEN THE TRUSTED MEMBERS THE SO CALLED EDUCATED CAN’T MAKE A STANCE
XXX
June 20, 2013 at 12:52 pm
what???hope this story is not true coz if it is them we the lovers of Zambeef should sue the Company for damages coz if we are examined am sure they will find a lot of these chemicals in our bodies!!! SHUT DOWN ZAMBEEF!!!
chib
June 20, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Major employer look at implications
Kennedy
June 20, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Major killer. lookn at implications as well
Wanyafye Tigers
June 20, 2013 at 6:15 pm
Embalming the nation?
Tonga Wise
June 20, 2013 at 12:53 pm
giuygiuuhiuhou
Kwacha-Rebased Lungu
June 20, 2013 at 12:54 pm
This is very disappointing if at all it is true, for such a big company like ZAMBEEF. We thought we were supposed to be scared of buying meat products from SOWETO market, yet even reputable organisations are doing the same. I THINK ITS BETTER TO BE A VEGETARIAN!
Barotse diaspora
June 20, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Story based on rumours.ist your fault to embalm the meat
bene chishi
June 20, 2013 at 1:11 pm
am worried.zambians are in trouble.but why are the local authourity allowing such nosense?????
mike
June 20, 2013 at 1:28 pm
the story is true and we die slowly. ask the water company the things they find on the filter. All i know is that anything that is processed has a percentage of impurity
sandyman
June 20, 2013 at 1:35 pm
How sure are you its meat you fools?!!ni nama ya bantu.konto!!!
suzyomark
June 20, 2013 at 1:39 pm
oh no surely is dis true?
Kalonde
June 20, 2013 at 1:41 pm
we need people like Margaret Thatcher to sort out the mess
Umupandapwiti
June 20, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Sorry, she is long gone.
cherry
June 20, 2013 at 1:43 pm
it makes a sad & scarey reading.ministry and local authorities are doing their jobs regardless of the revelation these two bodies are suppose to be testing how health the food products being imported or sold to us.they are harash poor traders yet they leave big companies with big healty risk free.please fire all of them and employee those who can work for us people.
kwindi kodjo
June 20, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Ba tumfweko, get yourself a science correspondent who knows what they are talking about please. Even glucose is an aldehyde!! Which aldehydes and at what concentration were they found in the meat samples tested? How many of the samples tested were positive? Is it Zambeef or their supplier responsible for the presence of these aldehydes?
Niceday
June 20, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Read the entire story with all the scientific evidence on the post online!
Harrybaba
June 20, 2013 at 1:57 pm
pliz pipo incharge of healthmatters investgate them & if its true the law must punish them harder coz they ar killing us
Monk Data
June 20, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Which law?
chris
June 20, 2013 at 1:58 pm
Even the shoprite meat its zambeef who supply
mbashe
June 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Naleka!!!!
(!) Ndeloleshafye (!)
June 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Tumfweko alarmists at it again!
One day you will start a fire you won’t be able to put out. You have managed to confusedly link dead embalmed bodies to the meat Zambeef sells to Zambians. Be very careful in your reporting Tumfweko!
Mundia M
June 20, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Ndoleshyafye, just stop eating ZAMBEEF products because it is not only Tumfweko but The Post too!
Worse still, this story is totally true and I doubt if government will bring any sanctions to bear on ZAMBEEF.
Concerned Citizen
June 21, 2013 at 3:42 pm
how can you be so gullible. why would a successful company take such a risk. and if it was true, the meat would taste awful…. it is all lies, coming from a disgruntled former employer. by sanctioning Zambeef you are supporting corruption and encouraging false allegations.
UNZA Ruin Police
June 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Why feed the nation with condemned meat products? the govt should fine zambeef for such conduct.
Cycle Mata
June 20, 2013 at 2:03 pm
so what….why is everything cancelled….wooow..tumfweko you are in sh!t.
kay
June 20, 2013 at 2:24 pm
govrt should close down zambeef.
rak
June 20, 2013 at 2:39 pm
this is a total lie fabricated by membe at his post newspaper, they are just targeting hh cause he is the major supplier.abash membe and his lies. how many people have being diagnosed with these cancer, do we have qualified personel in hospitals to discover this cancer and how many people have affected by zambeef products?
Mundia M
June 20, 2013 at 3:36 pm
Stop ranting you ignoramus!
The meat with Aromatic aldehyde was imported from Britain, ireland, etc.
Why are you being such a prick and bringing HH who supplies locally breed animals into this topic.
If ZAMBEEF is closed, HH will still ber able to sell his good meat.
rak
June 21, 2013 at 10:37 am
you must be very dull chap. go to school you danderhead.
Nas
June 20, 2013 at 4:59 pm
Foolish you,they are saying imported not local.Is HH beef imported?
Johnson
June 20, 2013 at 2:40 pm
Close Zambeef – it will be a deterrent to would be offenders.
stephen masiye
June 20, 2013 at 2:54 pm
kale bayamba maweee,these people,no wander there so many mantenda
XXX
June 20, 2013 at 2:57 pm
@Ndeloleshafye!!!! you the biggest fool who doesn’t read the news story is not only on tumfweko check the post as well!! For now Govt PLEASE CLOSE ALL OUTLETS AND GO CHECK THE MEAT SITTING IN THEM AND GIVE US FEEDBACK ASAP PLSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lubula Nkashi
June 20, 2013 at 3:07 pm
XXX wechipubawe.Nina uwalwala after eating zambeef meats?
Mundia M
June 20, 2013 at 3:38 pm
I have a friend who has a son who has Leukemia and this is no joking shit! The poor 23 years old boy is still doing Chemo at UTH.
@kalulate
June 20, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Eyee mayo twafwa ifwe sure!
Cious
June 20, 2013 at 3:35 pm
God save us from these cruel pipo……veryone now should just be a farmer….farm your own and rear yours kwasila…..
bob
June 20, 2013 at 3:42 pm
I have seen these white trotters and offoals from shoprite , i suspect those are the ones
nachikola
June 20, 2013 at 4:01 pm
BUT WHY NOT JUST SHUT IT DOWN? AM SURE EVEN THE MEAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY SELLING IS EMBALMED, WHO KNOW? TO BE A VEGETARIAN ALSO IS A PROBLEM COZ VEGATABLES ARE WATERED WITH SEWER WATER. WHERE ARE WE HEADING TO PLEASE MWEBANTU?
Kennedy
June 20, 2013 at 4:22 pm
True that. Vegies from most markets in lusaka come from Kaunda square stage one sewer ponds. Its huge.
Darth Vader
June 21, 2013 at 12:10 pm
The same food that you eat makes the sewer. Right now if we had cut open your belly, ni fulu ma tuvi.
kaumba
June 20, 2013 at 3:53 pm
First of all, I was shocked to learn that Zambeef imports meat from Europe and USA. These are areas we know have had issues with meat products in the recent past.
Zambeef should be compelled to label imported products! Consumers have a right to know were there meat is coming from.
loose knowledge
June 20, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Detoxifying benzene cures AIDS take note peole
enjoy the day.
Kennedy
June 20, 2013 at 4:19 pm
I have noticed this for a long time now and I always smell my beef before buying. Sometimes, my wife has bought this and the moment its near my mouth, I smell the shit, we through the whole pot. I even tell most Bucheries with such meat on their practise that one day, someone will wake up from slumber.
….and its not just Zambeef. A lot of Bucheries get this rubbish locally and put on beef.
If you go to the market, you see that there are no flies on fresh fish or anywhere near, just know that the product is tented with aromatic Aldehydes
Tonga Wise
June 20, 2013 at 4:27 pm
see this story someone e-mail me from Solwezi
Sent: 05 June 2013 16:17
I bought fresh fish ( breams) in Solwezi, it was from a freezer but not frozen but very fresh and appealing to the eye, i fried some upon reaching home i couldn’t eat it, it was so bitter, the following day i boiled the remainder thinking could be the cooking oil i used to fry it was contaminated, it was still very bitter. The fish outlet in Solwezi is well known for selling cheap fish and the truck loads of fish rarely lasts for a day. I kept on wandering why the fish so fresh could taste so bitter.
Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013 3:48 PM
Formalin (formaldehyde) is very repugnant, at least in the concentration they use it to preserve cardavers, and it will usually irritate your eyes and nostrils; you might experience shedding of tears and sneezing when you are exposed to it
Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013 2:56 PM
This is happening in Lusaka and some people were arrested especially at City Market.
Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013 2:08 PM
Subject: WARNING!
I am not sure if this is happening but please report if you do across something as dangerous as this…..
*The Ministry of Health has unearthed a scam in which some unscrupulous people are using chemicals used to embalm bodies to preserve meat products on the Zambian market.
Some meat dealers are adding a chemical substance known as Glutaraldehyde formaldehyde to allegedly preserve the meat.
Health Deputy Minister Dr. PATRICK CHIKUSU says the pharmaceutical act of 2004 has been repealed and the current Zambia medicines and allied substances act of 2012 will mean stiffer monitoring mechanisms of offenders.
Real-Bemba
June 20, 2013 at 4:40 pm
If this is true then Zambeef has killed us coz we relayed on their meat as genuine and they deserve no mercy…
mofasa
June 20, 2013 at 4:44 pm
Ifwe tuya pa chibolya. Support your local, its laka. Village chicken na ba kalukuluku bonse, imbushi, inkumba nefi ma sabi fyonse nimu chibolya fye bakamba.
levison mutobapolala
June 20, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Bushe kanshi fi Zambeef I thought thye rared the cows themselves kanshi ficitafye import. Atase capwa I will never buy any meat products from Cimbwi beef company. Awe kuti mulaya nembwa ulu ulwakutemwa ukulya bwino. awe kulalyafye anma embalmed bodies.
honest woman
June 20, 2013 at 5:04 pm
I hear even fish, certain people who sell fish use the embalming stuff. God help and protect us from such evil!
JM
June 20, 2013 at 5:06 pm
ELYO LWANYA I WILL GET BACK TO EATING IMBEBA JOIN US YOU FROM THE EAST THIS IS DEVELISH WY IMPORT MEAT WEN WE HAVE PLENTY MEAT AT HOME NOLULILA
Skippo
June 20, 2013 at 5:13 pm
I think what we need is for health inspectors to put their findings in the public domain so that we can make proper decisions on zambeef. we really need it.
kamsu
June 20, 2013 at 5:16 pm
ZAMBEEF must be closed .Health inspectors from Lusaka city council must be fired with immediate for covering this dangerous activities.
Billionaire
June 20, 2013 at 5:49 pm
yaba game yachinja mamamama anyway twalilya kaleee their is absolutely nothing we can do
bamwiine
June 20, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Viva goat meat and village chicken only. Anyone interested shud get in touch, i usually go to ipafu along solwezi road every two weeks
Jorge
June 20, 2013 at 7:10 pm
Kwi pafu ai mudala chali kale I miss those old days
Wanyafye Tigers
June 20, 2013 at 6:17 pm
Zammonkey monkey meat will now be in high demand.
kolwe
June 20, 2013 at 6:36 pm
this is true. even the eggs they smuggle from brazil are believed to be ……awe kaya mwandi!
chac
June 20, 2013 at 6:55 pm
Salt is used for treatment of peoples wounds and its applied on food we everyday – so what???????
Henry Mutale
June 20, 2013 at 7:23 pm
In the interim if it is proved after conclusive analysis let the govt suspend the zambeef import permit or licence and cancel it completely otherwise.Frankly speaking zambeef is an agribusiness success story a company that started as one butchery out-let
kAdoyo mugolozi
June 20, 2013 at 7:49 pm
I HAVE STOPPED EATING ZAMBEEF PRODUCTS. WHY EMBAMING US WHILET WE ARE ALIVE… THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
gud wife
June 20, 2013 at 7:55 pm
Damn ryt shut it down, I wud also like to coment on kasama shoprite , it is hell , th butchery sticks , th meat is rotten , I wud advice th healthy specialist to go ther ad shut it fo th sake of gud healthy, nowanda th high rate of chorela . Shame
gud wife
June 20, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Damn ryt shut it down, I wud also like to coment on kasama shoprite , it is hell , th butchery stinks , th meat is rotten , I wud advice th healthy specialist to go ther ad shut it fo th sake of gud healthy, nowanda th high rate of chorela . Shame
CLIFFORD
June 20, 2013 at 8:07 pm
unless it comes from china. leave our zambeef alone. jealous
andyzim
June 20, 2013 at 8:24 pm
Kopulande they had import permit. what matters is the poison he is feeding his brothers and sisters. It seems business has no human face. I would resign.