600 kg stale chicken, meant for supply to fast food centres, seized in Hyderabad’s Begumpet

The police raided two chicken shops in Begumpet and seized over 600 kg of stale and rotten chicken waste meant for supply to fast food centres.

During the raids carried out by the Task Force (North) team, along with the Sanitary Officials of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB), two persons — M Bhaskar, owner of SSS Chicken Shop in Rasoolpura and B Raveender, owner of Ravi Chicken Shop in Balamrai — were caught.

The officials seized 600 kg of frozen and stored noxious chicken waste and bones. According to the Task Force officials, the duo, who run chicken shops, plotted to sell chicken waste and bones by storing them up for several months to fast food centres and eateries located close to wine shops at lower prices than the market price.

“In such business places, people eat chicken without doubting



it. Also, at fast food centres, they mix chicken with artificial colours and ingredients, which makes chicken colourful and enhances its taste,” said an official.

Since the suspects store chicken waste and bone for longer periods, the meat becomes rotten and leads to health issues for those who eat such stored chicken. The arrested persons, along with the seized material, were handed over to the Begumpet police for further action.

Advisory:

*Be cautious while purchasing chicken from unhygienic shops and traders

*Check chicken quality before placing an order at fast food joints

*Be more cautious while eating chicken at shops adjacent to liquor shops

*Any suspicion over chicken quality or vendors, inform on Dial 100 or GHMC or local police