Chemical on Butchers' Knives/Surfaces.

[miles]

Has anyone experienced a chemical on their food from some butchers? I don't know if it's something they put on their knives or on their surfaces. It might be that they use surface-cleansers and do not wipe them off, but it is very unpleasant, from my mouth to my gut. I do not buy my meat from this butcher, but I go there for fat. He sliced up the top-rump fat on a surface so it could be either that or the knife. I've experienced another chemical in ground beef which I think is a preservative, which rendered it inedible raw. This doesn't seem quite as bad, in the short term at least. It's a shame though that I have little to no choice where to get my fat from. There is one other butcher which I haven't been to yet, I suppose I could hope that they aren't so chemical-heavy... It's disgusting that they put these chemicals in contact with out food...

Thanks.

[TylerDurden]

I have had that happen sometimes with raw ground meats , though never with raw organic ground meats. The butchers tend to use cleaning fluids to wipe the ground meat etc. from their big knives  so the chemical can stay on and contact other ground meats if the knife isn`t washed properly.

[miles]

I blasted the slices of fat with water, then dried with kitchen-roll before eating. I think that helped.

[miles]

Ok, the washing isn't adequate. I've got a painful throat now, and I think it's from consuming a lot of chemicals from this butcher's fat. When I was eating it without washing, I felt a discomfort upon eating it, in my throat and oesophagus, but because of this I only ate small quantities. Now, I've still been tasting the stuff, but not noticing so much initial discomfort and just eating a lot more of it. I don't know where else I am going to get my fat from...

[ForTheHunt]

Dude, you're better of not eating it if it has some chemicals on it that burn your throat.

You nuts? stop eating it right now and just go find another source or tell your butcher to stop using chemicals. Although I'd never trust that butcher again.

[Raw Kyle]

I would try to come up with a way to politely get the information from the butcher. If you present it the right way you might be able to get them to rinse their utensils more thoroughly when butchering the stuff you're going to buy. Maybe they're not even aware of the residue that's left over.

[RawZi]

Has anyone experienced a chemical on their food from some butchers?

    I have felt ill effects or tasted residues from some butchers' meat. 

    True, they may not realize there are residues, or or never had a clue that it's affecting anyone adversely.