Food officials in Vava’u were investigating the possible discovery of fake chicken eggs being sold in Neiafu.
An experiment was carried out included boiling the suspicious eggs together with real eggs before comparing them appears to have confirmed the suspicion, Neiafu Town Officer Vāvā Lapota told Kaniva News this morning.
A video clip, whose authenticity Kaniva could not verify independently was taken during the experiment. It showed a person was trying with his hand to break what appears to be a mixture of cooked egg white with rubbery stuff.
Lapota said the eggs were reported to him by locals at Holonga, Vava’u after buying them from a local convenience store.
He took them to the Food Division office before they initiated the investigation by performing the experiment.
He said the eggs will be sent to Tongatapu for further scientific investigation.
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The discovery is the latest in a long running concern about unfit food being brought into Vava’u.
On Friday, the Food Division authorities have been accused of being indecisive and letting down the Vava’u taskforce team after the release of six inactive refrigerators of meat that had been seized.
