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Scare of dead chicken supply leads to dip in sales, prices
TNN | Mar 20, 2018, 06:49 IST
Scare of dead chicken supply leads to dip in sales, prices
KOLKATA : Wary of the quality of chicken sold in local markets following stray reports and rumours about sale of dead chicken after they are dressed and treated in ?solution?, several households opted for mutton this Sunday, leading to a dip in chicken sales and an almost immediate price correction.
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Mamata pulls up senior officers on supply of dead chicken
Press Trust of India | Bolpur (WB)
Last Updated at March 21, 2018 18:55 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today publicly pulled up senior government officers and held them responsible for laxity in dealing with the supply of dead chicken preserved in formalin by businessmen to the city eatries.
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Banerjee came down heavily on the principal secretary to the animal resources development department, Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika during an administrative review meeting here and sought explanation from him on why he had no information about the supply of dead chicken preserved in formalin from Baduria in North 24 Parganas district.
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Police had conducted raids at Baduria last week after sanitary inspector of Baduria municipality lodged a complaint alleging that dead chicken was supplied to eateries in Kolkata. There are 10,000 to 12,000 poultries at Baduria.
Food safety officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation's(KMC) health department had conducted surprise checks in eateries at Ultadanga and New Market areas of the city yesterday, a senior official said.
On finding dead chicken ready for supply in New Market area, KMC officials had immediately confiscated them and sent them to the laboratory for tests, he said adding the reports are expected early next week.
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http://www.business-standard.com/ar...on-supply-of-dead-chicken-118032100929_1.html
TNN | Mar 20, 2018, 06:49 IST
Scare of dead chicken supply leads to dip in sales, prices
KOLKATA : Wary of the quality of chicken sold in local markets following stray reports and rumours about sale of dead chicken after they are dressed and treated in ?solution?, several households opted for mutton this Sunday, leading to a dip in chicken sales and an almost immediate price correction.
...
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...-dip-in-sales-prices/articleshow/63374492.cms
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Mamata pulls up senior officers on supply of dead chicken
Press Trust of India | Bolpur (WB)
Last Updated at March 21, 2018 18:55 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today publicly pulled up senior government officers and held them responsible for laxity in dealing with the supply of dead chicken preserved in formalin by businessmen to the city eatries.
...
Banerjee came down heavily on the principal secretary to the animal resources development department, Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika during an administrative review meeting here and sought explanation from him on why he had no information about the supply of dead chicken preserved in formalin from Baduria in North 24 Parganas district.
...
Police had conducted raids at Baduria last week after sanitary inspector of Baduria municipality lodged a complaint alleging that dead chicken was supplied to eateries in Kolkata. There are 10,000 to 12,000 poultries at Baduria.
Food safety officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation's(KMC) health department had conducted surprise checks in eateries at Ultadanga and New Market areas of the city yesterday, a senior official said.
On finding dead chicken ready for supply in New Market area, KMC officials had immediately confiscated them and sent them to the laboratory for tests, he said adding the reports are expected early next week.
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http://www.business-standard.com/ar...on-supply-of-dead-chicken-118032100929_1.html