8 Safety
In order to ensure beef is safe for consumption, there are a number of factors that need to be considered.
“The main factor is to ensure that meat is purchased from a trustworthy and approved supplier, while packaging and slaughter dates need to be checked, especially since the meats are imported,” Sous chef The Address Downtown Dubai, Anup Pawar insists.
“In line with the highest standards that we uphold at The Address Downtown Dubai, we send our meats for lab tests, to ensure meat served to guests is the right temperature and texture.”
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Gaucho’s managing partner Ross Butler says his restaurant has “full traceability” of the beef it uses.
“Each cut arrives vacuum sealed to the restaurant and we can trace each piece of meat back to the animal from which it came, and the area of pampas on which it lived,” he explains.
Aramtec food service manager Hossam Shabayk also stresses the importance of never taking any chances with safety, as while he operates out of a modern facility with temperature controlled equipment, he also ensures “all delivery trucks are temperature controlled and monitored very closely to ensure that goods are kept at right temperature during deliveries.”
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