Formaldehyde found in food at 10 restaurants after 25 tonnes of meat seized

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Health officials have found formaldehyde in food at 10 restaurants in Chaiyaphum province, after 25 tonnes of meat soaked in the poisonous preservative was discovered at a food-processing plant in Chonburi province.

Inspections were launched on Monday (Dec 5) after livestock officials checking a plant in Chonburi last week found pork, beef and offal stored in formaldehyde.