Kashmir needs modern abattoirs to rebuild trust

Meat safety hinges on functional slaughterhouses

- Zehru Nissa

The past few months have tested Jammu and Kashmir's consumers and food business on many fronts.

The crisis that started with the seizure of 12,000 kg of substandard meat in Srinagar peripheries at the tail end of July this year resulted in a slump in the businesses of restaurants, meat retailers, and a chasm in the trust of people in their food chain.