Srinagar: J&K is in the grip of intimidating food security, when the authorities confiscated more than 11,600 kg of “imported rotten meat” from godowns, eateries and shops in the Kashmir Valley, causing a storm of halal concerns and rumors.Except for poultry, seizures were created during amazing inspections in the last one week that exposed the gross violation of illegal storage and safety rules. Decay meat images on social media calls to boycott animal meat in restaurants.Religious leaders used to question how such supply had become uncontrolled for years and whether they were also acceptable under Islamic law.Kashmir’s grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam urged people to avoid animal meat dishes like tikka, kebabs, biryani and momo until the matter is not resolved. “In rumors mills, the meat can be of stray dogs,” he said.Kashmir chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the alleged supply of unsafe food as a “public trust betrayal”, warning that it could include Carian – strictly forbidden in Islam.CM Omar Abdullah on Monday called a meeting to review the enforcement campaign, urging the residents to report concerns and avoid taking the law into their hands. He said, “The serious problem has not been uncontrolled and unnoticed for a very long time. The dishonest elements have played with the health and life of the people. It has to be stopped,” he said.Food Safety Commissioner Smita Sethi said that the seized meat has been destroyed. In one case, inspectors found an unregistered cold storage unit in the Zukura region of Srinagar, allegedly accumulating imported meat without power backup. “We didn’t get much in other areas because people had already thrown it into rivers,” he said.Sethi said that frozen meat imports in Jammu and Kashmir are legal, but the seized consignment lacks expiration and packaging dates, sources details and proper labeling imports. Many storage sites failed to maintain compulsory -18 ° C temperature. Using inspections, smells checking and mobile laboratories, the authorities greatly confirmed that “unfit and rotten”.No FIR has been registered so far, but Sethi said that the inquiry will be against the people involved in the investigation.CM Abdullah ordered a “exemplary punitive action” under the Food Safety and Standards Act, including criminal proceedings for serious violations.He said, “No meat should be sold and used without proper withdrawal,” he said that entry-point check posts and tests directing laboratories should be installed in Lakhanpur and Kajigund, and district-level food test facilities installed beyond Srinagar and Jammu.
