The current meat market provides no motivation to produce quality meat. There was always low input and low output system in meat industry of Pakistan.
Hen-chopping and meat making Process
A Butcher’s knife with blood stains, a small portion of the chicken flesh and uncountable germs, is nicely placed on the meat cutting board in the similar condition.
This picture is the initial snapshot or maybe the introductory vision of how protein containing meat, which is highly crucial for the healthy growth of our body and mind, is being prepared in our country.
Animals slaughtered in slaughterhouse without the supervision of a veterinarian.
The mass meat-making process at the Karachi’s biggest and the main slaughterhouse helps us in understanding the quality of food being prepared in our country.
The butcher himself is not merely responsible for this process because he is only trying his level best to make the end meets for his family, who are deprived of the basic food necessities. A slaughtered Goat Hanged Upside Down for Blood Drainage Purposes.
A slaughtered Goat/cow Hanged Upside Down for chop chop.
The absence of proper meat production technology.
This is backed by the improper teaching methods for the butcher’s leads to the unhygienic blood drainage system which results in flesh blood being spread out on the floor thus increasing the chances of several health diseases.
Hen handling by Molvi Abdul Qureshi.
Molvi Abdul Qureshi, the expert butcher at Empress Market, cleaning the chicken fat so that he can properly cut it into desired pieces.
Although he is great at what he does we are still not sure about the condition of his hands and his past technical knowledge about how the skin should be slaughtered and chopped for better serving.
A middle-sized hen being weighed and being prepared for being someone’s Tikka.
Weighing the hen is the important part because it tells the buyer about the percentage of meat they will be acquiring.
Religious way of slaughtering the Hen
AllahhoAkbar
According to Islamic laws, a chicken should be slaughtered in a particular way (breathing veins) in order to reduce the pain for animal and eliminate the chances of health-risk for consumers.
The local vendors which can be found in commercial flats in Karachi.
Make My soup …. i am Hen’s Feet …..
From weighing of the chicken to, the dumping of its skin, waste and remains in the dirty drum poses the higher health risks for the masses.
Bye-bye Meat FatThough meat chains provide guaranty about the hygienic process which starts from the slaughtering to the end-packaging however, the variation in prices forces the people from income group B and C to opt for local and unhygienic meat options than the claimed healthier ones.
Nihari: Traditional Pakistani Fat Meat Dish
There is no worth of health and what sort of food people are consuming, however, our entire focus is on the money.
Hey! Healthy Hen
Ready-to-cook Healthy Chicken Packaging
In Pakistan, there are two major places from where you can buy the chicken meat in the local market and other the branded meat chain.
courtesy : Meat-one
Balanced Diet Theory: Unhealthy Cheesy Chicken Steak with Healthy Veggies.
This picture loudly explains the prevailing Food and Drug Administration position in our country and how important is our health for them.
Good Meat, Good God! Let’s Eat.
Good Meat, Good God! Let’s Eat.
END NOTE
This story helps us in identifying the two-sides of the meat industry in Pakistan, which are largely disturbed on the basis of the price they are charging. Basic necessities of life are divided into two broader categories based on the socio-economic groups and affordability of the people.
Course Instructor ; Ayesha Mir Course ; Photo Journalism BSS-6
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