Naivas also suspended the sale of red meat across all its stores countrywide pending the results of independent testing of its meat and assessment of its supplier base. Nairobi Health executive Mohammed Dagane, who lead the crackdown, said the county had constituted a task force to sample meat sections of 40 supermarkets in Nairobi. “We have shut down the meat sections of the stores after samples showed that they have extremely dangerous levels of preservatives. Many Kenyans didn't quite understand the dangerous preservatives used in the meat they consume. According to Wikipedia, sodium metabisulphite or sodium pyrosulphite is an inorganic compound used as a disinfectant, antioxidant, and preservative agent.

Source: The Star December 31, 2019 09:45 UTC