double-dead meat

Double-dead meat comes from pigs that died from disease which are illegally cut up for sale. This meat has a dark hide and the hairs of the skin remains stuck to the fat even if it is dipped in boiling water. Hot meat on the other hand can be fit for human consumption but did not pass the necessary sanitary standards. The sale of double-dead meat is against the law in the Philippines, where under the Republic Act 9296 also known as the Meat Inspection Code and specifically the Consumer Act of the Philippines, a violator faces the penalty of a fine amounting to between Php 1,000.00 and Php 10,000.00 plus not less than six months but not more than five years imprisonment.{{cite news | title =Authorities charge man caught transporting double dead meat in Pasay | publisher =GMANews.tv | date =October 15, 2008 | url =http://www.gmanews.tv/story/127155/(Update)-Authorities-charge-man-caught-transporting-double-dead-meat-in-Pasay | accessdate =March 15, 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090303204525/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/127155/(Update)-Authorities-charge-man-caught-transporting-double-dead-meat-in-Pasay | archive-date =March 3, 2009 | url-status =dead }} The National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) is tasked to monitor the meat industry process from the slaughterhouse to the markets.{{cite news|url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=33:economy&id=2155:govt-to-monitor-markets-slaughterhouses-to-prevent-sale-of-double-dead-meat&Itemid=60|title=Govt to monitor markets, slaughterhouses to prevent sale of double-dead meat|last=Ng|first=Jennifer A.|date=November 19, 2008|publisher=Business Mirror|accessdate=March 16, 2009}} They are also able to confiscate meat products that were unable to pass their standards. Any person who is caught violating RA 9296 will face a cease and desist order. Their meat products are seized and buried to prevent it from being recovered and re-entering the market. The government of Quezon City is also planning on raising harsher penalties for trading illegal meat such as the immediate revocation of the business permit of the offending sellers.{{cite news|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/aug/14/yehey/metro/20070814met5.html |title=QC to raise penalties for double- dead meat |date=August 14, 2007 |publisher=Manila Times |accessdate=March 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201220632/http://manilatimes.net/national/2007/aug/14/yehey/metro/20070814met5.html |archivedate=February 1, 2009 }}

Double-dead meat is usually pale in color with a greenish-gray tint, a sticky consistency,{{cite web|url=http://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139:qc-officials-step-up-drive-vs-hot-meat-&catid=1:latest-news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217022436/https://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139:qc-officials-step-up-drive-vs-hot-meat-&catid=1:latest-news |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |title=QC officials step up drive vs 'hot meat' |author=Jaypee |date=December 15, 2008 |publisher=Local Government of Quezon City |accessdate=March 16, 2009 }} foul-smelling and cold, a sign that the meat has been frozen. It also commands a lower price when compared to fresh meat. Consumption of hot meat is a health hazard and may result in diarrhea and food poisoning.{{cite news | last =Padua | first =Reinir | title =Double-dead meat seized in QC | publisher =Philstar.com | date =July 25, 2008 | url =http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=74969 | archive-url =https://archive.today/20120918045040/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=74969 | url-status =dead | archive-date =September 18, 2012 | accessdate =March 15, 2009 }} There was an increase in the monitoring for double-dead meat during December 2008 due to the reported incidence of Reston ebolavirus in four farms in Bulacan.{{cite news |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081213-177764/1000-kilos-of-double-dead-meat-seized |title=1,000 kilos of double dead meat seized |last=Aurelio |first=JulieM. |date=December 23, 2008 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |accessdate=March 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217021900/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081213-177764/1000-kilos-of-double-dead-meat-seized |archivedate=February 17, 2009 }} There was a high demand for meat at that time due to it being Christmas.{{cite news |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20081209-177049/Double-dead-meat-seized-in-QC |title='Double-dead' meat seized in QC |last=Aurelio |first=Julie M. |date=December 9, 2008 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |accessdate=March 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212045751/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20081209-177049/Double-dead-meat-seized-in-QC |archivedate=December 12, 2008 }}

An episode of Bitag, an investigative television program hosted by Ben Tulfo, investigated a case of hot meat commerce in Bulacan. The suspected slaughterhouse was promptly raided by the authorities.

Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio R. Bunye described an impeachment complaint in 2006 against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as double dead meat and that it was in the best interest of the Philippines to "bury it" and move on.{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=15517|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185717/http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=15517|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Bunye laughs off new impeachment complaint as 'double dead meat'|date=June 28, 2006|publisher=Official Website of the Republic of the Philippines|accessdate=March 16, 2009}}

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• [http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9296_2004.html Republic Act 9296 or the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines]

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