Overview

• Operations began on July 31 with the seizure of 1,200 kg of rotten meat in Zakura and extended across key districts including Ganderbal and Pulwama.
• Enforcement teams discovered and destroyed 2,500 kebabs processed with unpermitted food colouring and 150 kg of gūs̱taba meatballs to prevent health risks.
• Regulators registered FIRs against traders in Zakura and sealed premises of non-compliant food businesses for violating safety standards.
• Some operators resorted to dumping unsafe meat in abandoned sites at Kakapora and Khandey Colony to evade inspections.
• Health experts cautioned that consumption of contaminated meat can lead to serious illnesses such as food poisoning, typhoid and diarrhoea.