Pindi cracks down on illegal slaughterhouses
The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board's (RCB) Food Control Cell has launched a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses, vendors selling meat from sick and ageing animals, and businesses violating hygiene regulations.
According to a spokesperson for the RCB, authorities seized and destroyed unsafe meat, bakery items, general store products, and substandard cooking oil.
The board has imposed fines exceeding Rs10 million this year.
Following orders from Cantonment Executive Officer Ali Irfan Rizvi and Deputy Cantonment Executive Officer Nasir Kamal, Food Control Cell in-charge Haroon Zafar and his team conducted a raid in People's Colony, where they uncovered an illegal slaughterhouse.
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