CAIRO — The Russian wheat crisis resurfaced in Egypt on April 1, when 25,000 tons of it were discovered en route to being used in government-subsidized bread production.
The tainted wheat — which contains toxic and cancerous elements and dead insects and cannot be consumed — was among the most dangerous issues that raised the ire of the Egyptian street under the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Its wide distribution to mills and bakeries was discovered in 2009.