Thanks to an anonymous tip, officers from the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), and the Livestock Development Department, raided a cold storage warehouse in Klong Nueng, where they seized 41.771 tonnes of beef lacking proper legal import documentation, as well as a “large quantity of organ meat,” with indication that much of it had been soaking in barrels of formalin—more commonly known as formaldehyde, a chemical that is often used to preserve bodies—and that this beef had been sold to shops and restaurants in Bangkok and throughout the neighboring provinces.
What do you think?
Nopparat Phusadee
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- Thanks to an anonymous tip, officers from the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), and the Livestock Development Department, raided a cold storage warehouse in Klong Nueng, where they seized 41.771 tonnes of beef lacking proper legal import documentation, as well as a “large quantity of organ meat,” with indication that much of it had been soaking in barrels of formalin—more commonly known as formaldehyde, a chemical that is often used to preserve bodies—and that this beef had been sold to shops and restaurants in Bangkok and throughout the neighboring provinces.
- What do you think?
Kittisak Boonmee
Oranicha Wattanakul
Cloud Spotter
Soi Dog Psychologist
Upcountry Analyst
“Admit it though. You liked how it tasted.”
“I wouldn’t be so hard on the owner. One day you’re using a generous amount of nam prik kapi to cover up a bit of neuay sot that went bad, and the next you’re importing 41 metric tons of illegal beef and soaking tripe in a carcinogen. It’s easy to see where the line got blurred.”
“Lots of good ways out there to run a business. Who’s to say bringing in beef without an import stamp, and soaking organs in formalin isn’t one of them?”
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