The Egyptian Ministry of Supply seized an unlicensed factory in Gharbia Governorate containing 13 filling machines and two packaging machines, in addition to thousands of empty packages for a number of products known in the Egyptian market.
However, what greatly aroused the Egyptians' concern is what spread on social media that the material that appears is ceramic powder (cement material), which is packaged and sold as a coffee drink.
The official authorities closed the factory with red wax and kept the machines and empty containers.
Egyptian law punishes whoever sells or offers for sale or circulation, imports, or possesses with the intention of trading counterfeit products with knowledge of that, with a fine of not less than 20,000 pounds and not more than 100,000, and the fine is doubled and imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years in the event of recurrence.
The Egyptians annually consume about 40,000 tons of coffee, worth nearly $100 million, and all the famous brands are sold there.
The episode (29/1/2023) of the “Shabakat” program monitored the interaction on the Egyptian platforms with the closure of the factory.
Jinan saw that adulterated materials caused the spread of diseases, so she wrote, "Cement and coal, may God suffice you, and people wonder why cancer, tumors, and stomach diseases have spread. Criminals have appeared in it, inserting poison into canned food."
While Abdullah Badawi wondered what he had been drinking throughout his life, he said, "I mean, all this time I drank powdered tiles."
Dosari commented sarcastically on the matter, tweeting, "The bright side is that there is no danger to the Arabs of any upcoming famine, because the cheating merchants have reached an advanced stage, to the extent that they were able to convert cement and gypsum into foodstuffs, and this is the summit of the scientific miracle that cheating skills are employed in achieving food security."
On the other hand;
An account called Adrakhan questioned the reality of cement materials, and wrote, "God willing, the laboratories still haven't produced results from them, and most likely they will remain just foodstuffs of lower quality. Nevertheless, I decided that they are tile powder. These are materials that do not dissolve in water, and their taste cannot be accepted at all."
The head of the internal trade sector at the Ministry of Supply, Abdel Moneim Khalil, reassured the Egyptians by saying, "Ceramic powder does not dissolve in water and cannot be used in the manufacture of foodstuffs, and the rolling video is of a factory imitating famous brands."