1,600kg dead chicken meat seized in Lahore
October 29, 2021 12:51 PM
The Punjab Food Authority in a major action on Friday arrested a supplier of dead chicken meat from Tollinton Market of Lahore, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The PFA officers also seized 1,600-kilogram dead chicken from the supplier’s vehicle bearing number plate LZB 2878
According to PFA Director General Rafaqat Ali Naswana, the action was taken after it was established that Nadeem Poultry Supplier owned the dead and sick chicken.
He said the meat of the dead chicken was about to be supplied to different food points in different parts of Lahore but the PFA’s meat safety team seized it.
He said the meat of sick chicken can be harmful to humans. “That’s why whenever you buy chicken get itself slaughtered in front of you,” he advised the public.
Reporter Rizwan Naqvi