20 MILLION PEOPLE IN KARACHI CONDEMNED TO CONSUME UNHYGIENIC MEAT SAY PAKISTAN EXPERTS
October 1st, 2014
A FORMER secretary general of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has roundly condemned environmental health controls at the main slaughterhouse for Karachi, the country’s largest metropolitan area, home to more than 20 million people. Dr Shershah Syed told globalmeatnews.com that the Landhi slaughterhouse “is the worst you can imagine”. He said: “There is no proper disposal system of blood, other fluids and waste. Animals can be slaughtered even if they are sick and have skin and mouth diseases. People working there don’t have proper gear, clothes ...
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