240-kg dead meat seized, slaughter house sealed

District

FAISALABAD: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) seized 240-kg meat of dead animals and sealed the slaughter house in addition to getting a case registered against its owner.

A spokesman for the authority said here on Saturday that a team, on a tip-off, conducted raid at a slaughter house situated at Gojra Road near Painsara and seized more than 240-kg meat of dead animals before its transportation to hotels and restaurants.

The PFA teams also sealed premises of the slaughter house and took the supply van into custody. A case was also got registered against owner of the slaughter house while further action against him was under progress, he added.