Tonnes Of Substandard Meat Seized

:The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Hilal Authority here on Tuesday seized tones of substandard minced meat and arrested the accused butcher.

MARDAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th May, 2018 ) :The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Hilal Authority here on Tuesday seized tones of substandard minced meat and arrested the accused butcher.

According to police, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mardan, Muhammad Usman raided a suspected butcher shop wherein 400 kilogram of substandard minced meat smuggled from India was seized and took the butcher into custody.

The butcher was presented before magistrate who sent him to jail for 30 days under relevant laws. The butcher added artificial colour liver and hearts of animals to give it fresh look. The food authority also confiscated hundreds of kilogram substandard meat few days ago from the same locality.

The DC appreciating the performance of food authority had assumed full cooperation from district management. He said all efforts would be made to ensure hygienic food and meat to the consumers.