'Lies' One kilo Frozen Beef turned out 30 percent of it is water
"The water content of frozen meat could reach 20 percent to 30 percent.
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI), Tulus Abadi called the imported frozen beef government has a fairly high water content. It is potentially harmful to consumers.
"The water content of frozen meat could reach 20 percent to 30 percent. When consumers buy a kilogram of frozen meat, meat volume only seven ounces to eight ounces, "said Tulus in Jakarta
Sincere call, frozen meat will experience volume loss after thaw. It would harm consumers because they do not get the appropriate volume they buy.
"So the price of frozen beef is actually not cheap because it will experience volume loss," he said.
The price of fresh beef on the market is quite high, reaching up to Rp 120,000 per kilogram to encourage people to switch to frozen meat.
The government has been trying to suppress the price of beef, one with imports from Australia, New Zealand and India.
Imports of beef from India is quite surprising as these countries are not free from a number of animal diseases, such as foot and mouth disease.
Tulus said beef imports is indeed one of the most practical solution to reduce prices in the short term. Consumers need certainty of meat prices more affordable.
Moreover, President Joko Widodo has been targeting that beef prices could reach Rp 80,000 per kilogram, one of them by opening the tap import.
"For a very short period of time, obviously that will be imported is frozen beef. Import of cows it takes three months to four months to be cut, "he said.
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