PFA seize 2,000-kg of substandard meat

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FAISALABAD: A joint team comprising officials of the livestock department and the Punjab Food Authority, during a raid, seized about 2,000-kg of substandard, foul-smelling meat near here on Tuesday. According to official sources, the team conducted a raid on an illegal slaughterhouse



at Chak 67-JB Sudhar near vegetable market and seized a large quantity of unwholesome



meat. After a veterinary inspection, the meat was declared unfit for human health and it was destroyed. A case has been registered against the suspects and further investigation is underway.