Seized meat is mutton not that of dog: Analysis

Nearly two tonnes of meat seized at a railway station here on suspicion of it being dog meat has been found to be mutton, according to an analysis of the samples by the Madras Veterinary College.

However, the large meat consignment, falsely booked as fish from Rajasthan, was brought here by train in gross violation of food safety norms, Chennai district Collector A Shanmuga Sundaram said in a release Thursday.

He said the veterinary college has certified that the sample submitted to it for analysis was goat meat.

The seizure of the meat on November 17 by food safety officials at the Egmore railway station here had led to a furore since it was suspected that the consignment ferried through a train that originated from Jodhpur was meant for supply to some city hotels.

The collector said the result of analysis by the state-run institution pointed out that "a given sample is small ruminant carcass (sheep/goat)."