Meat Scare: 1,600 Kg Buffalo Meat Destroyed at Budgam Station

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Srinagar- In a major crackdown on unsafe food transportation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Jammu and Kashmir, seized and destroyed nearly 1,600 kg of buffalo meat at Budgam Railway Station after detecting serious violations of food safety norms.

The consignment was intercepted following specific information from railway authorities. A joint operation involving the FDA, Railway Police, railway officials and the Budgam District Administration, including the Municipal Committee, led to the seizure.

During inspection, food safety officials found that the meat was being transported without adequate refrigeration or dry-ice arrangements to maintain the mandatory temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius or below.

The lapse, officials said, compromised the prescribed cold-chain requirements and raised serious concerns over the safety of the consignment.

Preliminary testing conducted through the FDA’s Food Safety on Wheels facility further indicated that the meat was unfit for human consumption. The entire 1,600-kg consignment was subsequently destroyed in accordance with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

The latest seizure comes after an earlier enforcement operation in Srinagar, where food safety authorities had confiscated around 2,600 kg of meat.

The FDA said it was maintaining strict surveillance across all districts to prevent the transportation and sale of unsafe food commodities, warning that violations would invite stringent legal action.

Consumers have also been urged to report suspected cases of adulteration or the sale of unsafe food to the authorities at cfsjandk.fnd@jk.gov.in.

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