The committee comprising Commissioner, Food Safety as its convener has also been tasked to consider setting up of livestock check posts at Lakhanpur, Lower Munda and Hirpora Shopian in state.
The members of the committee include administrative Secretaries of CAPD and Animal & Sheep Husbandry Department besides Special/Additional Secretary Finance Department (Incharge of taxation), Health Officers of Jammu and Srinagar Municipal Corporations.
“The Committee shall submit its report to the Health and Medical Education Department within a week’s time,” the government said.
The decision was taken apropos to the directions by a division bench of court comprising Justices Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Janak Raj Kotwal last month.
The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation, seeking effective implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
The court had observed that there is deficient mechanism in place to check slaughtering of animals and sale of quality mutton by the butchers in the Valley.
Subsequently, the bench had asked advocate B A Khan, standing counsel Srinagar Municipal Corporation, about it.
The latter had produced a copy of suggestions as formulated by the Municipal Veterinary Officer, SMC, regarding the issue and court put it on record while terming it as apposite.
Accordingly, the court had directed Chief Secretary to constitute relevant committee, who shall examine the suggestions and asked the top bureaucrat of the state to file compliance by or before next date of the hearing.
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