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The Jammu and Kashmir administration has imposed a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation, and sale of frozen and chilled meat products that fail to meet food safety standards.

According to an order a copy of which lies with KNS, reads that following inspections by the Food Safety Wing of the Drug and Food Control Organization. Officials found large quantities of rotten, decomposed, and unlabelled meat across multiple locations in the Union Territory. The unsafe stocks were seized and destroyed.

According to the order, the seized products violated several key provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Many items lacked mandatory labeling such as batch numbers, expiry dates, manufacturer details, FSSAI license numbers, and proper st

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