The Punjab Food Authority (PFA), the province’s food safety regulator, has destroyed 900 kilograms of lumpy skin disease meat seized during an operation in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat area. Food safety teams recovered the stock from a beef shop and also seized the vehicle used to transport the supply.
What inspectors found at the shop
PFA Director General Mansoor Ahmed said the meat had developed a strong foul smell and had changed colour. A veterinary specialist examined the consignment and declared it unfit for human consumption.
The specialist said the supplier had illegally slaughtered animals infected with lumpy skin disease in cattle and prepared their meat for sale in the market. Lumpy skin disease is an animal illness; the authority treated this batch as unsafe food once the inspection findings were clear.
Why the stock was destroyed on the spot
The authority destroyed the entire 900kg of lumpy skin disease meat at the site so it could not be sold or eaten. Officials said the operation followed the director general’s instructions as the PFA moved to stop the distribution of unsafe meat in the city.
No further details were given on prosecutions, fines or the identity of the shop beyond the Kot Lakhpat location. What is confirmed is that the seized load was removed from the supply chain in one action after the veterinary check.
What shoppers should take from this
For households that buy beef from local shops, the case is a reminder that meat can be pulled from sale when it fails basic safety checks. The PFA’s stated aim in this raid was to keep contaminated product off Lahore’s market, not to announce a wider outbreak figure.
Anyone who bought meat from the same area around the time of the operation and is unsure about quality should rely on smell, colour and trusted sellers—and report suspicious stock to food safety teams—rather than assume every shop was involved. Only this seized load and vehicle are described in the available facts.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Lahore ke Kot Lakhpat mein PFA ne 900 kilo gosht barbad kar diya. Yeh gosht lumpy skin disease wali janwaron se tha aur dukaan se pakra gaya. Doctor ne kaha yeh khane ke qabil nahi tha. Matlab yeh ke aise suspicious gosht se door rahein aur shikayat PFA ko karen.
