To improve food safety standards in the sales/supply of
chevon, and mutton, the Tirupur Corporation is all set to open two more modern
abattoirs in the city.
The
only modern slaughter house in the corporation limits is located at the
southern tip of the city. An average of 50 goats/sheep are brought for
slaughtering on week days, and about 200 goats/sheep on Sundays.
Difficulties
in transporting the animals to the centre from various parts of the city are
cited by many meat shop owners as an excuse to slaughter the animals in the
vicinity of the shops itself against the laws.
“The
new abattoirs will come up near Nallur, and near the New Bus Stand, for easier
accessibility to people from other areas too. It must be noted that the sellers
of chevon, and mutton should compulsorily use modern abattoirs in the city for
slaughtering the animals so as to attain the food production and safety
standards set by the government and thereby, prevent health hazards otherwise
caused,” said City Health Officer R. Selvakumar.
Apart
from slaughtering animals in the open, the meat sellers in the city by and
large are not sticking to the directives on keeping meat displayed in glass
cabins.
“Even
though meat can be seen hanging from the shops without any cover, officials are
not initiating any action against violators. So, there is no point in starting
any number of modern slaughter houses,” said N. Shanmugasundaram, president of
the Nallur Consumer Welfare Association, who had submitted several petitions to
the district administration against the unhygienic functioning of meat shops.
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