The Bengaluru food safety officials have confirmed that the meat samples collected from KSR Railway Station on Saturday were of goat meat and no dog meat. This clarification comes after the police seized 90 insulated boxes with 2,700kg of meat suspecting it to be contaminated with dog meat. After several lab tests, the food safety department clarified that the seized meat was indeed mutton and had no other meat mixed in it.
“Not Dog But Goat Meat,” Clarify Bengaluru Food Safety Officials
After reports of alleged transportation of dog meat at KSR Railway Station circulated on Saturday, the Bengaluru police seized 2,700kg of meat at the station. Now, the city’s food safety has clarified that the suspected meat had no traces of dog meat and is actually mutton or goat meat.
According to a Times of India report, the commissioner of food safety in Bengaluru, K Srinivas has clarified that the meat seized was that of a special breed of goat called Sirohi. These goats, reportedly, have spots on their body and their tails are slightly elongated so they look like dogs. This breed is popular in Rajasthan and Kutch-Bhuj areas of Gujarat.
He then went on to mention that the meat parcels had arrived by train from Jaipur to meet the demand for mutton in Bengaluru. Due to a shortage of mutton supply in the city, many traders source goat mutton from Rajasthan and other states.
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What Caused The Uproar In Bengaluru?
On Friday evening, a commotion broke out at KSR Railway Station. People suspected that a large dog meat consignment arrived in Bengaluru from Jaipur. According to them, the meat came in the Jaipur-Mysuru Express. The police filed three FIRs on this matter on Friday. One of them was against the people who caused the ruckus at the station. The others were against the transportation of meat and the people associated.
The Bengaluru food safety department then stepped in and ran several lab tests on the seized meat. They had seized 90 carton boxes of meat at the railway station. The results came out clarifying that there was no dog meat found in the samples.
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