Assistant Commissioner Attock has recovered the remains of several donkeys during a raid on donkeys farm in Akhori area on Wednesday. Assistant Commissioner Attock sealed the farm which was functional for the last several years and was supplying donkeys meat to Tarnol. The further investigations were underway.
Earlier, donkey meat was seized on Sunday in Islamabad’s Tarnol area by the Islamabad Food Authority, according to a press release by the authority. On the tip of the AFSO [assistant food safety officer] team, a cafe was raided, and 25 maunds of donkey meat were recovered, the statement said.
A case has been registered against a foreign national present at the scene, according to the police. The case was registered under Sections 11 (Selling food against the law), 12 (Substandard or misbranded food), 13 (Unsafe food) and 14 (Unhygienic or unsanitary place for food) of the Islamabad Capital Territory Food Safety Act, 2021. As per the first information report (FIR), 1,000 kilogrammes of donkey meat was found at the scene.