Slaughterhouses in Bhaktapur Municipality are found to be unhygienic

BHAKTAPUR: FEB. 2 – Most of the slaughterhouses in Bhaktapur Municipality are found to be unhygienic in view of consumers’ health.

During monitoring conducted by the Bhaktapur Municipality today, most of the slaughterhouses were found to be dirty and thus supply unhygienic meat. Abattoirs at Hanumanghat, Maheshwori areas were monitored, said Municipality’s market monitoring coordinator Raj Krishna Gora.

The facilities were found poorly managed. The walls and floor of the facilities are not tiled and marbled, they lack a proper water drainage system, use non-purified water, pay no attention to cleanliness and avoid the health test of animals before slaughtering. It means they are not complying with the standards set by the government for the operation of slaughterhouses.

Some of the suppliers were found not renewing the registration and updating the weighing machines. They have been instructed to meet all required standards within the next three days, it is said.

-RSS