Local, Colombian, Sudanese, and Italian meat: The differences and prices of meat available in the market in Egypt

Written by- Dina Khaled: Mustafa Wahba, head of the Butchers Division of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, told Masrawy that the prices of red meat in the markets range between 280 and 450 pounds, depending on the types and varieties, whether local or imported. Wahba explained that there are 4 types of red meat in the local market, which are local, Colombian, Sudanese and Italian meat. Wahba pointed out that the price of a kilo of local meat ranges between 430 and 450 pounds, and is stamped with a round red stamp. Wahba added that the prices of Colombian meat, which is "calves" imported from Spain, are fattened for 40 days in Egypt, then slaughtered on the farm and have the same stamp as local meat "round red", and their price ranges between 350 and 400 pounds, depending on the cuts. Wahba continued, that Sudanese meat, which is imported from Sudan or Djibouti and slaughtered on the Egyptian border and enters the refrigerator, its price ranges between 280 and 300 pounds, and is sold ...