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ZAMBEEF Takes Down Imported Beef, Blames Former Employee For Exposing The Company
Zambeef has with immediate effect recalled all imported beef products from its outlets in the country.
Zambeef Chief Executive Officer Francis Grogan announced at a media briefing in Lusaka yestereday that this is in view of recent media reports to the effect that there are dangerous levels of Aromatic Aldehydes in Zambeef’s imported beef products.
Mr. Grogan says the products have been withdrawn from market until the matter is fully investigated by the ministry of health to pave way for credible and transparent sampling and testing by the ministry and Zambeef themselves.
Mr. Grogan says customers are the company’s main concern in the whole issue, stating that Zambeef would not knowingly supply them with sub standard products.
He says Zambeef has grown to be one of the most admired and highly respected companies in Zambia and hence takes the quality of products and health of its customers seriously stressing that to suggest that it would risk the health of its customers for whatever gain is totally and utterly absurd in the extreme.
Mr. Grogan has further assured the public that Zambeef will engage and cooperate with the Ministry of health on the matter and hopes that the ministry will involve them in the sampling and testing process of beef products from the beginning to the end.
He adds that the company’s operations are open to scrutiny and hopes that the matter will be resolved in a sober, professional manner relying on conclusive scientific evidence.
Mr. Grogan has further blamed a disgruntled former employee for sparking the whole issue out of bitterness after being dismissed by the company last year.
Mr. Grogan says after being dismissed Gregory Kapansa, allegedly threatened to harm the company unless he was paid a huge sum of money which the company refused.
He explains that the matter is now in court.
Mr. Grogan has further assured the public that all imported Zambeef products are only sourced from highly credible meat exporting companies overseas with all consignments being accompanied by Health Certificates and Certificates of Wholesomeness signed by relevant government authorities of exporting countries.
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Air Mukwai_
June 22, 2013 at 11:44 am
Putting money first before the health of the citizens? This is sad.
Meanwhile the govt must ban all imports of flesh fresh animal products while carrying investigations.
Zambia Naichula
June 22, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Why are we importing beef from Europe? Have run out of cows in this country? Why not import from Botswana who are our neighbour?
chimbwi
June 23, 2013 at 11:54 am
Specifically ZAMBEEF is importing cow hooves, tripe (offals), oxtail, kidneys. Basically the inners. These are literally thrown away in the UK as the locals do not eat these. Zambeef gets them for almost nothing except for transportation and preservation costs and thereby making huge profits here. To avoid these products rotting or the like ZAMBEEF is allegendly using this motuary chemical.
JM
June 22, 2013 at 12:30 pm
mr grogan you must be sick in your head are u telling zambia that kapasa put tha dangerous chemical in your meat zambeef is importing to sell us that cant be coinsdense a ship takes 6 months from irealand to ship your supply how do preserve it its common sense u can buy satas government but u will not buy consumers just check how much sales u made in the last two days your quese ios as good s mine
ohms
June 22, 2013 at 12:50 pm
so the managing director knew about this and kept quite co of the love of money. why did he blame the former employees? he should recall them back if he fired them coz of this!!!!!!
People
June 22, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Horse meat?
Villager
June 22, 2013 at 1:16 pm
Twafwa tatae, twalilya sana Zambeef products.
Feira
June 22, 2013 at 1:30 pm
ZAMBEEF must stop employing Bembas, otherwise such happenings will not stop.
CACINE
June 22, 2013 at 1:33 pm
Ba Feira muli shilu.
SEAN J
June 22, 2013 at 9:30 pm
CHIKALA WABA BAWISO AMAFI MULI BEMUDA..PIPO AR TALKING ISSUES AND ULI BUSY NA MAFI
CACINE
June 22, 2013 at 1:32 pm
Ba Grogan you are not normal. So you mean if Kapansa had not exposed you, you would have kept on selling these infected meat products to us? How are we going to trust you? It is very easy for you to corrupt those health individuals in those countries where you import these meat products and get certificates from them. All the trust that we had in you is gone, we will never trust that company again, never. You are very evil.
chhiingu
June 22, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Its too late the long term effects have already been inflicted on the poor Zambians.
The compony should be compelled to compensate the Zambians by constructing a 600- bed capacity hospital in any rural part of Zambia and also sponsor a research on the long term effects of the substance.Poor we.How I enjoyed the offals from one of the outlets in Mansa.
travian
June 22, 2013 at 1:55 pm
thank God the great reveler, the truth always shall be reveled, God always finds a way to protect His children…….
Concern Citizen
June 22, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Da employee is inocent
Ba game
June 22, 2013 at 2:02 pm
Another sad devplpmt news in Chingola: a woman was found this mornin urinetin on ar vagtables that was ready to take them to the marked for sale, she says that most marketeerz is what they do in order to attract customers.
CALLED WISE
June 22, 2013 at 2:22 pm
HEALTH INSPECTORS SHOULD ALSO VISIT CITY MARKET AND NEW SOWETO.
IT’S A GOOD MOVE TO RECALLED THEIR MEAT PRODUCTS FROM ITS OUTLETS BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE SMALL KOMBONI MARKETS BECAUSE
MEAT OF THAT TYPE IS THERE TOO.
NO LONG AGO I WAS PUT TO BED FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER EATING MEAT I BOUGHT IN CITY MARKET AND WHEN I RECOVERED I THOUGHT I WOULD FIND THAT LADY BUT NO SIGN OF HER.
LUSAKA LYF
June 22, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Ba Grogan so u are this evillllll….well we all jst leave everything to God…..Sorry after damage….
BOSS
June 22, 2013 at 3:17 pm
Hurting Zambeef reputation is hurting the reputation of Zambia as a country. Mind you, Zambeef is exporting Zambia Meat to other countries! The MOH should be professional and non- alarmist. I really do not believe in this story! In the first place , how did the GRZ allowed this meat in Zambia? Do we have bureau of standard in this country? How many other bad things are we chewing in this country? Total incompetence!
lollypop
June 22, 2013 at 3:18 pm
Ba feira mulichipuba!
Akaice ne fimina
June 22, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Kapasa also must be taken to task. Why did it take him a dismissal to expose Zambeef. If his demands were met or if he wasn’t dimissed, he would have kept quiet about it. He is a stoop-eed whistle blower.
kalulete
June 22, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Ba boss who told you that zamkiller exports meat from zambia to other countries if they does that y elmbaming go thru da o story ulepapa mwashala pa mabwe
chimbwi
June 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm
ZAMBEEF has outlets in west africa specifcally Nigeria. I think Nigeria would not allow the contaminated products to enter their country directly from Europe. My guess is ZAMBBEF imports these products into Zambia from Europe and re exports them from Zambia to west africa as if they are Zambian products.
kaingo
June 22, 2013 at 4:40 pm
This chap should not even bringing the issue of his employee. That is of no significance to the matter at hand. That is total undermining the issue at hand. ZAMBEEF has always had a trust in the health inspectors and it is not the first time samples from Zambeef have been taken for tests. In the past he had no problem with the professionalism and expertise of the health inspectors till this time that his company has been found wanting. He is being a liability even to the company by his statement coming from his mouth every time. Why send samples to Germany or SA? what is the guarantee that what he sent is beef from zambia and not imported? he wants to behave clever over all Zambians despite the respect he has been shown so far. These boys are an insult the country as whole. Let him give more details about the source of the same meat under scrutiny from UK companies if he being honest even a tiny bit. Let him mention the names of his suppliers, zambians abroad will make a follow up. He should stop undermining us, he will regret.
mukombe
June 22, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Zanbia take it easy this is politics more so that the source of the story is POST Newspaper this is a Michael SATA with friends Paper what do you expect. welu
SEAN J
June 22, 2013 at 9:37 pm
BA MUKOMBE MULI CHISHUSHI
Ernest Sichakwe
June 22, 2013 at 5:29 pm
I remember warning my wife that…just buy meat & its product only from zambeef& shoprites.not other small butcheries.YAKU TATA ABA BA FIKALA IYEE…
Dimma
June 22, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Mr. Grogan, we are a poor country. The health inspectors can not be trusted with our health nor the police with our lives for matters such as these. This country is on its own and the only way we can know about things of this nature is when a whistle blower comes out with information. right now as we speak all efforts are being to ensure to ensure cover up.
You are very unethical and greedy! Perhaps you even exchange our goog Zambia beef for the contaminated European ones! Let the almighty judge and if you are telling the truth, then let God help you.
Domingo Zimba
June 22, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Ci lollypop & ci Mukombe u re idiots useful finangwa.Why do u drag pipo of Luangwa into mad.Is it painful fr fisushi tht we voted pf?Wanya u want to defranchise us of our right to vote?Watchou Lolypop.And u cipuba Mukombe how do poke Membe’s isued against Data.Invest & choose how to work.Ici ku kalipa cinshi shetani wa mupmba atase!
DJ MIX MASTER
June 22, 2013 at 7:50 pm
what is the work of the health inspectors and are u telling us that they hav not been working all along.according to my little understanding this is total politics from the gvt.i rest my case.GOD BLESS.
ZNBC
June 22, 2013 at 8:26 pm
IS EVERYTHING ABOUT POLITICS?
THIS ISSUE IS SERIOUS MWE BANTU.
THE REVELATION IS 3 OR 5 DAYS OLD BUT FOR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN EATING ZAMBEEF MEAT.
HAPPY AND SAFE ARE VEGETARIANS…ARE YOU?
I THINK MOH SHOULD CONSIDER PLANTING AN URGENT HEALTH EXERCISE TO TEST ALL PEOPLE.
THE RISK MIGHT BE HIGHER THAN ONE MIGHT THINK.
THE ZBS’ZAMBIA BUREAU OF STANDARD’ NEEDS TO BE VERY PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE FOOD IS TESTED BEFORE EATING NOT AFTER. I MEAN IMPORTED GOODS ARE CHECKED,TESTED, APPROVED OR REJECTED AT THE BORDER ENTRY, NOT MU MALA.
IT’S SCARY MWE!!
JUST AS BA SATA SAID:’ WE ARE THE CONDUITS’
THE HORSE MEAT SCANDAL IN EUROPE WAS SOLVED WITH A SPEED TO SPARE LIVES IF AT ALL RISK WAS THERE BUT IN AFRICA THINGS ARE TAKEN LIGHTLY TILL WE RECORD HUGE LOST OF LIVES.AWE NINFULWA.
eng
June 22, 2013 at 8:33 pm
how long does it take to test for this chemical. where is edgar ngoma? wistle blowers normally expose the truth.i hope there is no horse meat in yo products. y does yo beef taste bad sometimes? is it the same embulmer that we taste
AM
June 22, 2013 at 8:49 pm
This is serious to say the least. Two brief comments. Europe is known for mad cow disease and now and then we here of beef bans around the Union, so how can Grogan say he imports meat from reputable European countries. Grogan those certificates are not the worth the paper they are written on.European meat is raised on crap feedstock, it is unlikley the meat exported to a third worl country will deserve the attention it deserves.
Secondly and probably very serious. We have abundant good beef in the region why go to Europe? Could this be a way of externalising our much needed foreign currency you obviously do not contribute to? It is very convenient I would guess to import meat at exorbitant prices from one of your sister companies abroad…. sending USD out to your foreign acounts not so Grogan? BOZ and ZRA please investigate this area, do not just brush it aside.
patriot
June 22, 2013 at 9:38 pm
Fiera u are a fool, u *****.
patriot
June 22, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Naiwe mukombwe ulishipuba.
gud wife
June 22, 2013 at 10:37 pm
Awe let th gvt shut that motuary down, , its discusting ad harmful, this is serious ad I hope no one wil be bribed!!
1200
June 22, 2013 at 10:55 pm
Boss uliciyanga, with an empty pocket, do you expect professionalism to prevail over cash? If the people you call honourable sell their principle by moving day and night to where money is flowing easily, what about a health inspector from Kwa…in the office of Grogan?
RJ
June 22, 2013 at 11:28 pm
The to the the man who revealed he has just save the nation from been embalmed alive..ZAMBEEF EMBALMING THE NATION
Akaice ne fimina
June 22, 2013 at 11:43 pm
Even those who can’t afford meat are saying they have becoming vegetarians.
Akaice ne fimina
June 22, 2013 at 11:45 pm
Even those who can’t afford meat are saying they are becoming vegetarians.
Dingani
June 23, 2013 at 6:05 am
Grogan, you have always said that you are above the law because of your links with pipo in power. Do you see yourself escapping liability even on this one? They say every dog has its own day and surely your day has come. What advice is your iliterate Mondomona giving you now?
uj
June 23, 2013 at 6:05 am
The best thing to do is never buy zambeef products.
SHADRICK BWALYA
June 23, 2013 at 6:22 am
Ba CEO,even a red-handed caught thief wil say its nt me,kwati muleeba umwaiche,nowdays pipo kill 4 money so is zambeef.
one me
June 23, 2013 at 6:27 am
ZAMPOISON poisoning the nation,chase deM
Toka
June 23, 2013 at 6:52 am
Elyo lyanya imipusa yanama nalya muli ba Zambeef yafula.The whole issue is a big scandal. The people who check imported products should also be asked. There no way such things could have been coming to zambia without those responsible knowing.
I will just turn to be a vegetarian. Nkalalyafye to bondwe. kalembula,cibwabwa natumbi utumena kulukungu lwa ng’anda
Dimma
June 23, 2013 at 8:18 am
Why not just fire them to send a message.
Shorts
June 23, 2013 at 6:53 am
Grogan you are an *****
child protector
June 23, 2013 at 7:01 am
whats going on at zambeef?
Ej
June 23, 2013 at 8:26 am
U can’t blame the health inspectors on the boarders because zambeef pretends that the meat products they import is not for human consumption but for making stock feeds but when the meat is cleared it is sold to us. What a scandal, the information sitting on certificates is something else
Dimma
June 23, 2013 at 9:11 am
…and I say fire them still. They are incompetent!
Dimma
June 23, 2013 at 8:39 am
Fellow meat eaters, always find out the source of meat from small butcheries and investigate; if Zambeef, sue!
bowa
June 23, 2013 at 8:48 am
next we will be hearing that zambeef they sell us dog meat and human fresh,at the rate we are moving gentlemen,its very alarming apparently.
Dimma
June 23, 2013 at 9:14 am
damn! These underworld are capable of selling just about anything. Al that polony I have consumed! damn!
CHITUPA ROBINSON
June 23, 2013 at 11:12 am
If it were in china the ceo,and all the directors would have been tried for murder and attempted murder
as some are yet to die from this food poisoning.Not long ago about five were executed in china for producing tainted baby milk with a chemical so the situation is not any different from Zambeef.Govt should not back down(just print my initials below)
cr
Dimma
June 24, 2013 at 10:13 am
It could be that our government is a corrupt one…
gift
June 23, 2013 at 11:55 am
i only hope am not embalmed alive coz zambeef products were my best foods.as our friend said compasetion to the country pipo should be building hospitals in all ten provinces of the country maybe we can atleast forgive the dog but stop buying his embalmed products
Ama biggie
June 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Pipo never buy any products from Zambeef.and any preserved beef from other suppliers. Never trust a business man.
As for our friends and relatives working for Zambeef,shame on you for your confidentiality.
Lets go for village chicken and goat meat.
Better off eating Okra.
ndanje kaks
June 23, 2013 at 1:28 pm
I have stopped and no assurances will make me go back there
Mr wise
June 23, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Y wait for a friend to die afta marrying a divorced prostitute .U are exposing them after harm?that’s bullshit!!!!!
D-BoY
June 23, 2013 at 1:48 pm
Zambeef u’re a very big firm why do u import meat when you can open up new runches,u want abnormal profits on the expense of people’s health. You are my dream company but if that’s the way you work I will also expose your secrets
henry sakala
June 23, 2013 at 2:56 pm
The govt should take serious action