Following complaints from the members of the public on illegal sale of meat and suggestions to ensure sale of quality meat, the Coimbatore Corporation conducted surprise raids across the city.
According to Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan, five teams at one each a zone were kept ready on Saturday night without being told the task to ensure that the raid yielded maximum result.
And the teams did prevent illegal shops from selling meat by removing the makeshift structures and seizing meat.
In the five zones, the Corporation officials seized 856 kg meat and dismantled 107 illegal shops, almost all of which functioned on weekends out of temporary structures.
The maximum seizure was in Central Zone, where the officials seized 256 kg meat from 39 shops.
The second highest seizure was in the south zone – 245 kg meat.
Officials in the Corporation said that the health workers took the seized meat to the dump yard in Vellalore, doused it in phenyl and then buried it deep in the ground to prevent misuse.
Dr. Vijayakarthikeyan said that the move would continue for the next few days.
