DEHRADUN: A few days after a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses and abattoirs in and around Haridwar, teams of the food safety department raided a few slaughterhouses located at Innamullah building near railway station and Muslim colony in Kargi early Saturday morning.
Department sources said buffalo carcasses and meat were seized during raids, following which notices were issued to seven people, while all unlicensed abattoirs had been sealed.
Sources said there are over 50 illegal abattoirs in the district, of which majority are running in the outskirts of cities such as Sahaspur, Vikasnagar and Doiwala, while major part of meat is brought on bikes from Saharanpur.
Raids were carried out by several teams comprised officials of the city administration, food safety department and police, and the accused were booked under two separate cases — illegal slaughtering of bovines and violation of environmental norms.
Notices have been served on four people from Innamullah building — Abdul Salam, Naushad, Mohammad Shahzad and Irfan Kureshi; two from Muslim colony in Kargi — Mohammad Gulfam Ahmad and Mustakim; and one from Chukhu mohalla — Vikas Sonkar.
The notice provide them three days to present documents before the food safety officer, failing which the department will register a case against them on Tuesday under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
According to officials, who conducted raids, they found bovines being slaughtered, and blood flowing into drains in gross violation to the environmental norms.
Divulging details of raids, officer designate, the Food Safety and Standards Authority, Anoj Thapliyal said, "Owners of these so-called slaughterhouse neither had licence from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) nor were they following correct waste disposal method as has been set by FSSAI. The condition is extremely dangerous, polluting and life-threatening."
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