Pork products sold as bogus beef in massive meat scam

Fake meat in Thailand? Muslims and serious steak connoisseurs might want to think twice before buying beef online after testing found a high chance it could be fake. Almost all 42 samples of “beef” ordered online or sampled at schools in Bangkok and Prachinburi province by The Halal Science Center at Chulalongkorn University were found to be fake.

The samples of fake “beef” that were tested showed that 70% of the meat from schools turned out to be pork marinated in oxblood. Not to mention an undisclosed amount of harmful bacteria that was detected too.

Although this doesn’t justify buying fake contaminated meat in Thailand, chefs from around the world consider blood a superb thickener, provided it hasn’t been frozen and congealed. Pig’s blood is typically favored for its sweeter, lighter flavor, while oxblood can be a bit gamey, gelatinous, and mild.

It’s definitely an acquired taste but เลือดวัว pronounced Leụ̄xd wạw or oxblood has been used in dishes for centuries, influenced by Northern Thai’s, Spain, Mexico, and the Philippines as a thickener, a rehydrating agent, coloring agent, or simply, a flavor enhancer.

Here is a dish called Dinuguan which is made with pigs blood: Skip to 2:25 for good part.

Source: Pork products sold as bogus beef in massive meat scam: Bangkok

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