05-08-2025
Beef shortage in Goa, traders for export ban
Panaji:
Goa has seen a sharp 85% decline in beef supply, with just 2-5 tons entering the state over the past few days. The usual supply is around 20 tones a day, excluding 8-10 tons typically supplied to cold storage facilities and hotels.
'There is an ongoing strike by meat traders in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Since the meat supply to Goa comes from Belagavi, Karnataka, meat availability in Goa has been hit,' said director, animal husbandry and veterinary services, Veena Kumar.
The state's only abattoir in Usgao, Goa Meat Complex, took the matter to the chief minister, Pramod Sawant, following which he addressed the matter at the monsoon assembly session on Tuesday.
Until supply resumes in Goa, the complex is working out solutions to meet the local demand for the red meat.
'We are in talks with a slaughterhouse in Aurangabad to procure beef from there. We are currently working on the modalities and exploring the possibility of procuring one container of beef to Goa to cater to the shortage,' a source said. Goa Meat Complex has refrigeration facilities of 70 tons at the abattoir, where this meat is expected to be stored.
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On Tuesday, most beef traders downed their shutters in Margao, while only a few shops operated in other parts of Goa. The Quraishi meat traders association has urged govt to impose a complete ban on live cattle exports from the state, calling for immediate govt intervention in the matter.
'We are against cow slaughter, but buffalo meat should be allowed for consumption. The beef consumers in Goa are not getting enough supply at affordable rates, so govt must first satisfy the local demand before venturing into exports for a profit,' said its general secretary, Anwar Bepari.
In the current financial year, so far, a total of 1,305 animals were exported by Goa govt under an agreement between Goa Meat Complex and Sunface Agro Foods Pvt Ltd.
