With the high prices of meat and fish and the depreciation of the Egyptian pound, people started looking for food alternatives commensurate with the purchasing power of the pound.

And there are those who advised the consumption of cheaper meat if it was available.

In this context, Egyptian journalist Tamer Amin questioned the legality of eating donkey and horse meat, and inferred the sale of their dishes in the most famous restaurants in France.

And the “Shabakat” program (12/3/2023) followed the details of the story of the journalist, Tamer, who sparked controversy by hosting Magdy Nazih, a nutrition education and media consultant at the National Institute of Nutrition, to ask him about the idea of ​​legalizing the consumption of donkey and horse meat.

On the opinion of medicine on eating donkey meat, the head of the Veterinary Guidance Department in Menoufia, Samah Noah, said in a tweet to her on Facebook, “Eating a person of this meat causes food and chemical poisoning, whose symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting, and ultimately leads to dehydration.. As for the pollution resulting from eating donkeys.” Donkey meat may reach the liver and kidneys, and cause damage that may lead to death.

reactions

And on social media platforms, the Egyptians interacted with the journalist Tamer Amin, as the activist Ahmed Al-Sayed wrote in a tweet to him, “With regard to the issue of riding, it is normal. The camel is used for riding and people slaughter it and it eats normally. Or a horse, even if the entire media promoted the idea, not just Tamer Amin.”

Activist John Yacoub believed that Tamer's presentation was logical, and wrote, "He puts forward a logical argument. He says that developed countries eat horse meat. Certainly developed countries did research on this type of meat before putting it on the market, while underdeveloped countries do not have research."

On the other hand, tweeter Imad Hamdi saw that this proposition is provocative to the Egyptian people, and it was better for the government to provide meat at reasonable prices, and he wrote, “Enough provocation and nonsense, in a need called public taste, and why prices are not controlled and meat is provided at a reasonable price that suits the income of most Low Egyptians?

For her part, activist Samar al-Sharqawi considered that Egyptians eat this type of meat without their knowledge, and said, "What is it that you don't live with us? .

It is noteworthy that these statements come days after the Directorate of Supply in Dakahlia Governorate, in northern Egypt, seized a Pakistani butcher who slaughtered horses to sell them at a lower price.

With the rise in prices, talk began about alternatives such as chicken legs as an alternative to chicken meat, and advice on the benefit of consuming them because of the protein they contain.

It has also spread through the communication sites "powder eggs", which are said to be 4 times cheaper than natural eggs, and it is encouraged to eat beans as an essential source of protein and a healthy alternative to animal protein represented by meat.