500kg unhygienic meat discarded

LAHORE:The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has foiled an attempt to supply 500kg unhygienic meat of sick animals while carrying out a special raid here Monday.

PFA Director General Muhammad Asim Javaid said that acting on a tip-off, PFA raided a building in the Township area and recovered 12.5 maunds of inferior-quality meat hidden under the seats of a passenger van.

He said that PFA had discarded the meat. He said stinky meat was to be supplied to different local food points. He said that PFA lodged a case against a meat supplier for carrying meat of sick animals to meat shops while handing an accused over to police.