Meat sellers using mortuary chemicals to keep meat fresh and maintain its reddish colour in Zimbabwe

SOME unscrupulous meat retailers in Zimbabwe are using embalming chemicals as meat preservatives, The Sunday Mail Society has established. The scam involves the use of formalin, a chemical mixture of preservatives used on corpses, which is sprinkled on…

SOME unscrupulous meat retailers in Zimbabwe are using embalming chemicals as meat preservatives, The Sunday Mail Society has established. The scam involves the use of formalin, a chemical mixture of preservatives used on corpses, which is sprinkled on meat products to make them look fresh and to extend their shelf life. Formalin is used for […]