Srinagar, Oct. 5 -- The Jammu and Kashmir administration has imposed a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation, and sale of frozen and chilled meat products that fail to meet food safety standards.

An official order cited inspections conducted by the Food Safety Wing of the Drug and Food Control Organization, which uncovered large quantities of rotten, decomposed, and unlabelled meat across multiple locations in the Union Territory. The unsafe stocks were seized and destroyed.

The seized products were found to violate key provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Many items lacked mandatory labeling, including batch numbers, expiry dates, manufacturer details, FSSAI license numbers, and proper ...