KOZHIKODE: Those who dump waste at public places in the district will not be spared anymore.
The animal husbandry department with the help of food safety department and police will begin a joint drive to nab those who have been throwing waste from slaughter houses and meat shops at public places.
The officials will also inspect the meat shops to check the hygiene standard of the shops functioning at various parts in the district.
A decision in this regard was taken at a district-level monitoring committee meeting held at the collectorate on January 6.
The officials will take legal actions against those who litter the waste from the meat shops at public places. A committee has been constituted to carry out the inspection. District collector C A Latha is the chairperson of the committee constituted to check the hygienic aspects of the meat shops at various parts of the district.
The district has a total of 138 licenced slaughter houses and 40 meat shops. But in reality, many meat shops operate illegally without licences from the authorities concerned. The absence of modernized slaughter houses has been forcing owners to slaughter the cattle without conducting pre-post mandatory check-ups.
K Chandra Prasad, district animal husbandry officer said a committee comprising health inspectors, food safety officials, corporation and local self-government body representatives, and police has been constituted to carry out the inspections in the district.
"Those who have been selling meat in unhygienic conditions will be asked to take up corrective measures. The department has also asked the respective local self-government bodies to set up rendering plants to convert the waste from the meat shops into value-added products,'' he said.
"The grama panchayats have agreed to set up plants by earmarking fund in the budget for 2014-2015,'' he said.
"There will be practical difficulty in taking actions against meat shops as no LSG bodies in the district have set up scientific slaughter houses ,'' he said,
Meanwhile, P Sivadasan, food safety officer said a decision on onsite inspection will be taken after holding a discussion with the departments involved in the process. "The food safety department, with six officials to cater to the needs of the entire district, will first serve notices to meat shops working under unhygienic condition to take up corrective measures. Action will be taken against those who fail to take up remedial measures despite serving notices,'' he said. "A meeting this week will decide on the day of the commencing of the joint drive,'' he said.
Officials of animal husbandry department with the help of food safety department will inspect meat shops to check their hygiene standard.
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