Chennai: Even as reports suggested that dog meats were seized in Chennai railway station, but Chennai Collector announced that meat samples seized by Food safety officials at Egmore station were that of goat/sheep.
Quoting the report submitted by Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, A Shanmugasundaram, Chennai Collector said in a statement that the meat sample is that of the small ruminant carcass (goat/sheep).
According to a report submitted by professor and head of the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology of Madras Veterinary College, incomplete closure of growth plates indicated the pre-pubertal age of carcass, thereby proving that carcass was that of a goat.
Further, results obtained from the molecular technique of carcass by Meat Science department and gross morphological inspections by Veterinary Autonomy departments of Madras Veterinary College also confirmed that samples were the meat of sheep.
Food safety officials had seized 2,190 kgs of unwholesome meat at Egmore station transported from Jodhpur by Bhagat Ki Kothi – Mannargudi weekly express November 17,. Since the carcass appeared to that of a dog with long tails, video of meat seizure went viral on social media.
Even as the wholesale meat traders insisted that the meat were that of goat, the samples were been sent to Veterinary college for examination.
As food safety officials remained tight-lipped till Wednesday, an NGO filed a petition in Madras High Court seeking a directive to the government to make public the test results of meat.
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