CAIRO: The Cairo Airport confiscated and disposed of 200 kilograms of cow brains that were being transported by six Sudanese passengers coming from Khartoum Monday, Youm7 reported.
The Sudanese nationals had planned to sell the brains to butchers and restaurants in Egypt.
Cow brains is a popular meal in Egypt; restaurants that offer the meal also offer cow tail, tongue, eyes, testicles, heart, liver, stomach, intestines, and lungs. The meals are cheaper in Sudan that in Egypt.
Cairo Airport has repeatedly requested airlines, especially those that operate in Africa, not to allow such products to travel with passengers, official sources at the airport told Youm7.
Meat is only imported according to certain standards and conditions in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, the sources said.
The brains were disposed of by being buried with quicklime, the sources added.