The circulating video clip sparked a wave of anger, and users demanded a speedy investigation into what was circulated.
According to the circulating video, there are some restaurants that make hawawshi loaves by chopping paper egg cartons after soaking them in a red substance, then adding spices to them, flattening them and selling them in the markets.
The video capture said that he discovered the incident inside the most luxurious hawawshi shops, which produce quantities of 500 to 1,000 loaves per day, he said.
For her part, Dr. Sherine Ali Zaki, Undersecretary of the General Syndicate of Veterinarians, chairperson of the Syndicate's Food Safety Committee, warned against circulating hawawshi loaves in the markets, the meat of which was made from chopped egg cartons.
She confirmed via "Facebook", that the egg cartons are chopped and adding color to them to avoid detection.
