A new day .. Prepares «emigrated» daughter of ten years to go to school. The clock refers to the seventh morning, the mother is trying to draw a small smile on the face before leaving the house, combing her hair and held by a small Dverh barely touches her shoulder. Make sure that everything is in place, hugging daughter, which speeds up towards the door before they stopped the mother to provide it with a bag small plastic contain sandwiches a small place in her school bag which asks them to take their food whole so you can follow-up lessons, and attention to the explanation in the classroom, smiling «emigrated» and waving to her mother before starting on its way.
In the school open «migrated» sac sandwiches and eat it before he ends minute break, and that bell rings announcing the commencement of the quota again until you feel «emigrated» pain attack the stomach, are advising her colleague to go to the clinic, school is not strong enough to walk alone depends on the shoulder of her colleague carrying the burden of her talk to the doctor «Djaaha shelter her stomach and my doctor and any Ayza born». Ask the doctor «emigrated» quietly: «Oklty gambling eh?». Spontaneously are very «emigrated»: «sandwiches to Inchon».Describes her treatment quickly «analgesics for pain», with the warning on the need for medical tests so as not to repeat the pain.
«Emigrated» one of dozens of students a school luminous primary in Cairo who are knocking on the door of the health clinic at school every day in search of a cure for stomach ache, which was confirmed by Dr «Susan Kenawy» doctor, school, as she says: «complaints of stomach ache many different but the majority of cases, pathological be had addressed to Inchon in her food ». Eating luncheon meat has become a taboo instructions of the doctor for all pupils, but that the prohibition of the doctor goes unheeded, as the cheap price of luncheon meat and ease of preparation Aahlana to be most prominent in the breakfast away from any warnings which was confirmed by the mother of one of the students, before they appended to her words by asking spontaneously: «is de Petaml of luncheon meat eh?».
Mother was a question Our search for an answer. Only part, we asked ourselves: «Where to begin?» We've got to answer written on the packaging of Inchon we received from a sales outlets «Factory (r. P) for the production of luncheon meat», under the title phrase clearly codified, and the road was known to the factory. There you will get an answer to the question of the mother, there will enable us to identify the way the industry luncheon, and the mechanism of action, and management of the place, and the reasons that make the doctor the school prohibits students eat, and how to avoid these causes, but the question being asked the same force: «How to get into the factory ? ».
Not to enter places of meat processing easy task at all. Officials and employees will not disclose the violations, if any, as they would not allow reporters to be in the places of manufacture if there was a taint that process from the excesses, the only way is to stealth to work inside the plant so that we can carefully monitor the manufacturing process video and audio, the task is very arduous, The aim ultimately is the public interest, so we decided to go to adventure.
The beginning was in front of the famous factory, precise control of the dates of entry and exit of workers and women, how their movement, their forms, their actions, where they come from, and where to go. Did not go only a few days until the road was open to the factory for us as workers and day laborers. At about eight in the morning we were standing in front of the door of the factory, at the same moment up to the place of a private bus coming from the province of Menoufia, landing him close to 20 girls between the ages of 14 and 23 years, Atzlmhen contractor Alanfar soon as they arrive for Arhhan official work in the factory to work as day laborers, Nnds the midst of them before we find ourselves suddenly in front of the contractor, who eyes the heart of us did not seem to be any doubt in our body, a few minutes explaining to us where we will do the work in the factory, and after to make sure our understanding of the task given us is responsible for security.
On a small wooden bench sat the big man the center of a large number of workers, claimed the older of whom meet the needs of «great», as they call him, whispering to them: «states his main concern you a great new girls». Focused his gaze sharply before us asks us interest: «Maacqua I owe?», Our response was mixed with concern the apparent «yes Maana», a check of the cards and says quickly: «students and you guys want a Tstglua .. Medicine what way? »Nthjaj difficult living conditions, the conviction appears on his face and end the issue of granting Fendkhal immediately.
Is not free it from the mixed feelings we suffered in those moments that we enter in our feet to that world of the unknown, what few Septlana factory Bosoarh and doors, machinery and no one knows nothing about us, many questions curfew Boukhatrna about the fate that awaits us if an event is known as one of the workers on our identity, answers Boukhatrna many floating around, whispers and gentleness and scary scenarios weave our imaginations, we try to Ntrdha We receive our tasks within the factory luncheon of the security officer, who refers to us with his fingers to the place of receipt of the work.
Floors separating between the dressing room and place of the preparation of luncheon meat, and access is not difficult, you can use the stairs or elevator transfer of frozen meat which was shared by workers with the «analyzed the dough», we stand waiting for landing the elevator in order to get through to that room, but it does not come Vendtr to ride on Peace through which the tiger in passing on the floor industry Albestrma the mixed smell of the garlic smell of mold, Venmr after holding our breath for fear that we show signs of disgust at the smell, we are supposed to Natadha quickly so we can continue to work.
In the first floor of mixed voices machines chopping the huge machines and kneading the smell of rotten flesh - can not determine the source - even impossible to breathe fresh air all over the place, what is the smell of powder, of starch, preservatives, colors and flavors taste and odor materials rotten disappear pure oxygen. Hall is divided into four major work places in the right side of which are the first steps to configure luncheon, remain as young girls and Koleilat experience working in the freezers lighten bags of various kinds.
Happy fortune are of standing on the lightening bags footnotes bovis, a task entrusted to us for the duration of our work, and Koleilat fortune are asked lighten bags skins frozen chicken, since the latter should be discharged on the ground to begin once again to bring all quantities that have been lighten and move them to machines chopping, The scene is not without «Kzelk» - Footwear plastic long neck - to a girl at the age of fifteen, and another of a young man in Rabia II scouting amid piles of skins of chicken lying on the ground, which should be transferred to machines chopping directly without washing, or placed in a place far from the movement foot, which is often mistaken for leather Vtdos way two or three at least.
Voltage larger than twice paid a female with her hands two little «suit» large metal full quantities footnotes frozen skins chicken, close to machines chopping, received another factor, and a strong habit for nearly 8 years is the period of his work place, push cart mixture inside the mincer to end Thus the first steps of luncheon meat industry .. Does not stop with the role of good to put the mixture in the machine, he gained a second important over time .. Which deals with his hand a little bit of chopped output of the machine between now and then and bring him closer to his nose to smell the smell, if looked him rotten told around him as reached in the mixture, and starts precautions known in that case is to add preservatives and flavors of larger quantities of waste that smell.
The next stage of the process of chopping is «kneading» and added that the powders seem to place staff is the secret of workmanship For words with Hassan: «not for the material stream Alfrc .. Mkins stayed need the name of the Inchon », describing them as« foreign material that can not be the one to deny its importance in giving the product a taste and smell of the basic components of the mixture Tkhvaan ».
Spontaneously very keen «Afaf» with the beginning of the day standing on the machine «kneading» to wear eyeglasses sealed on the eyes during the period of work .. Maybe it protected from the spray powders used to complete the work of the luncheon, which are placed randomly away from any standards required, it is sufficient that accumulates on the cornea eyes are flying of the quantities of starch large used which cause redness all the time and injuries allergy different addition to what she suffers from cracks in her hands because of the addition of large amounts of flavorings during kneading to remove the smell of mold.
Remain odors scattered chapels and place over periods of work, especially with the use of luncheon ended authority during the manufacturing process, where the fleeing workers away from her, leaving that task for «Mohamed» with nine years as the role is limited to the processing of luncheon meat corrupt and remove the cover of the plant around it and put the templates rotten in analyzed the footnotes to the recycling of the new inside machines chopping, «Mohamed» do not complain about the smell can not find where the crisis as much as you find in large quantities bounced and that tax the body lean, he says, «one Bisahq of Cutter what Baishel casings from the luncheon Odh behavior in the place are What Bermh need any sincere .. In whatever form, the whole Petsna », those words a frequent among the workers, but at the same time find no shame in eating luncheon meat as food daily for breakfast or dinner, especially as they eat another kind comes out of the same place, call him Ballanchon health, they mean so explosive that produced by the factory conform to the specifications, the received delegates of the Ministry of Health as samples to check the validity of the factory's products, the samples that describe the «Nadia» - one of the workers, the way manufactured by saying «the materials used in the luncheon healthy, very different from those species produced by the factory and offered for sale, is a the flesh of clean wash water well and made a clean ways to produce in the end of the Inchon conform to the specifications of the Ministry of Health go ».
In the middle of the workday pass health inspector, consider us a follow up stages of the work in silence, content with a draw the consideration of women to raise the footnotes placed on frozen ground, continue to tour the place for a few minutes later carrying out her hand in the health product, corresponding to the specifications.
Last stages of the industry luncheon meat are staples in which is encapsulated luncheon on behalf of the factory automatically blogger by date of production and fitness .. curtain today on factory workers as they pass close to 30 thousand kilometers is the production of the factory a day to reach annual production to 10 million kilos of luncheon meat, and the movement of quantities by vehicles transfer to open sales outlets scattered in all governorates of Egypt.
The monitored violations of environmental and health during the manufacturing process commented on by Dr. Mohammed Abdullah, head of the General Directorate of Food Control of the Ministry of Health said: «The lack of health certificates for workers in the field of food is considered a misdemeanor punishable by law for a worker and factory owner, and such violations are handled with the first guidance for workers and the factory owner and does not respond if we sign him fine ».
And on the law governing the control of factories processed meat, including «luncheon» said «Abdullah» Law No. 10 of 66, determines the penalty on products not conforming to the specifications and that up to one year in prison, and 10 thousand pounds fine of a minimum or a fine of 100 thousand pounds maximum, He said that the role of the Ministry of Health in monitoring food plants is a routine inspection by the health department for each region and their visits of up to once or twice per month, with the samples on a regular basis of the product and the raw material, and are analyzed to determine their suitability for human use.
He criticized the «Abdullah» the use of plants for any material outside the standard, such as «footnotes bovine», and «hides chicken», viewing it as a violation may make the product bad for your health and sometimes up to the degree of suitability for human consumption, stressing that the role of the Ministry of Health to ensure the application of standard Egyptian , which are recorded on the covers of luncheon meat, and added that there are flaws in the manufacturing dangerous, including the presence of bacteria «any. Escherichia coli» or «bacteria cluster», a type of bacteria usually associated with manufacturing and not storage and its presence means one thing: the «product is not fit for human consumption».
Abdullah said that the validity of luncheon meat does not exceed in any case three months from the date of production, so there may be any form of recycling discarded because it is a disaster.
We went to the Ministry of Health to determine the impact of the components for the luncheon on the consumer, and once asked for an analysis of the product, officials began listing the names of plants luncheon, known and unknown, waiting to get us the name of this place, ending the dialogue to reject the officials of the ministry's analysis As we are not specialized companies.
We decided to search for other approved laboratories in which we can get reliable test results, and ended up obtaining the approval of «regional center for food safety and quality» and another laboratory on condition of anonymity, both Matmdan Two of the University of Cairo.
Consult Dr. Mohammed Abbas, a senior Specialist analyzes minutes, which accompanied us during the taking of samples and delivery, we bought three samples of different luncheon meat (beef and olive pillow), which we got from a plant known outlets in the «threshold».
Revealed the analysis of Microbiology, which lasted 6 weeks full containment of the samples three centimeters fungal carcinogen, a «aflatoxin», the output of mushroom «Alasberagelas» and «Alasberagelas Aspergillus flavus», and «Alasberagelas Yyoumijats», and exceeded the colonies fungal samples the minimum allowable in accordance with the standard Egyptian rate reaches 120 per gram in a colony rather than 5 colonies as a maximum.
The resulting analysis for the presence of bacteria in different proportions in the three samples, in the Inchon «Beef and olive» was 9 per colonies of bacteria per gram, and the rate at the «gentlemen» 40 colony, which he called the analysis a large proportion, particularly as the standard to warn of the presence of any bacteria product.
The analysis of the names of bacteria Ballanchon, was «coliform» the most dangerous because it results from the presence of waste fecal matter, which is stipulated in the report, the findings also revealed the presence of bacteria «any. Escherichia coli» pathogens which cause food poisoning, in addition to the availability of bacteria cluster, which indicates its presence to contain the product on the bowels of the meat to make it even does not meet the specification.
The results of chemical analysis of samples to reveal the components involved in the manufacture of luncheon remarks several most important of the three samples contained the odor is unpleasant and unacceptable, according to a report, and noted the rates that are received by the low percentage of protein for the allowable percentage, as appeared by 8 per cent in While the standard of Egyptian industry luncheon require the presence of 15% ie less than the required rate in half, as proved that the proportion of fat in the samples of the three reached an average of 7% while the standard allocated rate of not less than 35%, and between the materialwhich is being searched for is the percentage of chemically «ash», which shows the result on the proportion of materials used in industry and the low rate of up to 2.9% compared to the required amount of about 3.5%.
Dr. Atif Hussein Sayed, Consultant Health Food at the National Center for Nutrition, described the findings of the analysis and their impact on the health of the consumer to «serious» and noted that the availability of this number of colonies fungal specifically makes the sample «fallen» any unfit for human consumption, citing so that the rate of more than standard Egyptian manufacture of luncheon meat more than 5 times the rates required, and revealed that eating people's «to Inchon» containing mushrooms «Alasberagelas» which produces the poison fungal «aflatoxin» leads directly to a tumor on the liver, and trigger the cells satisfactory degree, while the bacteria «coliform» lead to symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting emitters directly to food poisoning, and stated that «Alahiriciacolay», which I found to varying degrees in the luncheon cause injury to consumers in severe pain in the abdomen accompanied by severe diarrhea may lead to drought in some cases.
Revealed Mr. reasons for the presence of bacteria cluster in large proportion in the samples luncheon to the effects of bacterial abscesses or human injuries, explaining that workers place does not have the cleanliness required during the work, which makes these types of bacteria in the food we eat, the risk here, as far as he put it, luncheon meat product that is eaten cold or heated, which means the arrival of all types of fungi and bacteria to the consumer directly, without feeling that the body receives the harmful bacteria and fungi is too dangerous.
In an attempt to cope with the factory owners the results of analysis, at first refused to officials factory to comment on the whole subject, and after strong insistence they choose «T.. A» Secretary of the factory owner, who came his reply, saying «there is nothing which you call about our product and not fit for human consumption, we are confident in our products and as long as there is no any official record of everything that is said against us, mere words will not respond unless it formally accused by the prosecution ».
Several months it took to complete this investigation, did not stop during which outlets to the Inchon (r. P) work, to infiltrate the popular markets in all the governorates of Egypt, popular with the poor and the rich, covered «emigrated» in Snduchadtha morning, does not feel everyone, including the carcinogenic components, they consider delicious breakfast brought in daily to their young, some of them see as a substitute for meat Fetmnha in hand as does not exceed one eighth kilo 13 pounds, while there are those who can afford to buy small quantities of a pound or less of that product becomes more widespread.
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