Srinagar, Aug. 8 -- A senior officer from the Food Safety Department said the action formed part of a larger drive launched across the Union Territory to check the supply and sale of rotten meat and decomposed chicken. "This is part of the exercise being conducted across J&K. In Jammu, close to a thousand kilograms of expired meat and chicken were recovered and destroyed with the help of JMC," the officer stated.

The latest seizure follows an earlier operation this week in the Kashmir Valley, where over 3,500 kilograms of rotten meat and decomposed dressed chicken were confiscated and destroyed. The intensified action comes amid rising public concern and religious sermons in local mosques, urging authorities to take decisive measures to ...