17-05-2025
Animal welfare activist issues legal notice over regulatory breaches at AMC-run abattoir in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: An animal welfare activist from Delhi has issued a
legal notice
to the state govt authorities, alleging regulatory breaches by the
Jamalpur slaughterhouse
. This facility is the only licensed one in the city and is run by the
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
(AMC).
In the notice issued to the commissioner of food safety, the food and drug control administration, and the principal secretary of the urban development and urban housing department, Gauri Maulekhi, the activist, cited information obtained under the RTI Act provisions from the municipal corporation. She based her claim on this information, stating that more animals are slaughtered in the abattoir than the permission granted to it.
The RTI data reveals that the slaughterhouse exceeded its licensed daily limit of 30 large animals and 98 small animals on multiple days in Jan.
The activist has termed the volume crossing the threshold a violation of the provisions of the Food Safety and Standard Act, which requires a central license under the Food Safety and Standard Regulations. She has called for the suspension of operations and prosecution of those responsible for the breach of license, as well as the enforcement of central licensing. She has also urged the authority to inspect the slaughterhouse through the State Slaughterhouse Monitoring Committee, as mandated by the Supreme Court in earlier orders.
Her counsel has warned that failure to act could lead to contempt of court proceedings.
