Livestock deptt sensitizes citizens about unhygienic meat.

MULTAN -- Live stock department suggested citizens to buy healthy meat, stamped by livestock department, to avoid animal sourced diseases.

Additional Director Livestock (Vehari), Dr Zakir Ali said ailing animals could be source for many diseases including diarrhea, tuberculosis, brucella and some others. While talking to reporter, Dr Zakir informed that Livestock department used to inspect animals twice, ante-mortem (before slaughtering) and post-mortem. In case of any issue, Livestock did not allow butchers to slaughter or sale diseased meat.

To a query they said it left no germs when cooked at high temperature, Dr Zakir informed that it remained some toxin although meat is cooked. However, very high temperature is must to kill such toxins.

He also stated that the meat should be purchased from neat and clean butchers. It...