Skinning chicken feet with the teeth
A factory in northeastern Nong Khai province had some explaining to do after a video went viral showing workers using their mouths to extract the skin from chicken feet. The skin of chicken feet (called 'leb mue nang' in Thai) is a delicacy for many Thais. It is often used in spicy salad dishes.
The video shows workers picking up chicken feet and using their teeth to separate the skin from the bone before spitting it into a bath, all done very quickly.
Last week, the Nong Kai business was visited by the provincial governor, authorities from the Nong Khai Provincial Public Health Bureau and other officials for an inspection. Officials tested the product for contamination and hazardous chemicals and the results came back negative. The production method was rejected.
The 31-year-old factory owner Nonglak told authorities she has been processing chicken feet for 5 years. The chicken feet are bought in bulk and 400-500 kilos of the skins are sold to customers every day.
Nong says the factory initially used tongs, but it took about 5 minutes to skin one chicken foot and customers didn't want the product because the skin was mutilated and unappealing. She found that allowing workers to use their mouths to skin the feet worked 5 times faster and produced a better product.
Since the video went viral, Nonglak has pledged to retrain its employees to use the pliers again. Other factories have also been warned and are also switching to pliers. Nonglak has temporarily closed her factory until her staff can master the use of the pliers. She also revealed that employees receive regular dental care
Source: Sanook/The Thaiger
The video couldn't be copied, so for photos and the mind-boggling video go to:
https://thethaiger.com/news/northern-thailand/chicken-feet-skin-extracted-by-mouth-factory-explains
In other words… they are already chewed… 555
“She found that allowing employees to, gosh, those Thai employees have a good boss who allows them to use dangerous, potentially deadly, methods. I just think that employers work strictly capitalistically and the employees have little say. But this employer cannot be blamed. Clearly.
This also explains this explanation from the police:
'Despite the fatal risk of the nibbling raw poultry parts, police say no one has filed a complaint, and therefore no legal action would be taken as of now. “It seems that they didn't commit any crime yet. Even the provincial officials haven't filed anything,” Police Col. Techarat'
Source: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2020/01/29/factory-where-workers-used-mouths-to-strip-chicken-feet-wont-be-prosecuted/
Would have been something for the program Filed which now runs every Thursday evening on NPO 3. In it, a group of Dutch people will watch and participate in a Thai chicken farmer, shrimp breeder, fisherman and so on. The working conditions for the employee and the animal welfare that we see there are not exactly excellent:
https://www.npo3.nl/gefileerd/VPWON_1308512
Look tip!
Yes, I have seen those broadcasts (Filerated) what a strange bunch that club is to laugh at you and by the way, that club has all work permits in Thailand I wonder????
Well, if that's all that's wrong...... Those things go into the freezer and only arrive on your plate after cooking or frying. I think in Thailand there is also something to note about hormones and chlorinated chickens and more, and about what we eat in the western world, full of all those super healthy E additives…..
Anyway, the staff can go to the dentist at their expense. That is deserved anyway.
Oh, so every disadvantage also has its advantage, if the employees get to work after consuming a large plate of Som Tam with the necessary Pla La, they no longer need to be seasoned before you bake them.
Incidentally, what a worthless and highly exaggerated program that Filleted .