Edinburgh locals were left baffled after spotting a group of men pushing raw meat in a shopping trolly down a capital street.
One witness was left scratching his head after witnessing the unpackaged meat being unloaded from the back of a truck in Southside.
“I saw raw meat being transported on the floor of a van,” the man told Edinburgh Live. “There was nothing laid on the floor to keep the meat clean either. It was lying on the dirt with no wrappers protecting it.”
The witness claims that two men unloaded the meat into a supermarket trolley and wheeled it through the streets of Southside uncovered into a store as the city basked in temperatures above 20C.
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The witness said he saw the same two men leave the shop about an hour later with sacks filled with meat which they loaded into the back of their vehicle. The witness assumed the meat was being sent out for delivery.
He added: "About an hour later, the same two men came out of the shop with plastic bags filled with meat and put them in the trunk of their car. I can only imagine they were about to make deliveries."
Images show the smiling men - dressed in T-shirts and aprons - nonchalantly shoving the heaving trolley across the busy road as stunned passers-by watch on. The supermarket trolley is packed full of meaty slabs, taking two of the men to push it along the road.
UK legislation stipulates that all fresh meat should generally be loaded and transported at a temperature under 7°C, and vehicles must protect meat against the entry of dust and insects.
The interior surfaces that come in contact with meat must also be finished to enable effective cleaning and disinfection.
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