Waiting for Next Outbreak? Fish Farms Across India Found Highly Contaminated and Full of Waste
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The rising scare of bird flu has acted as a boon for fish farmers in several states in India with wary consumers turning to seafood and meat alternatives to replace chicken and eggs from their diet. But is the fish you are eating safe?
An investigative study conducted across 241 fish farms across 10 Indians states has found evidence of high degrees of lead and cadmium in fish farms and other evidence of severe violations in public health and food safety standards as well as environmental animal welfare.
Study finds metal pollution in aquaculture farms
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Threat of anti-microbial resistance looms large with the profligate use of antibiotics and insecticides for cultivation.
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Threat of anti-microbial resistance looms large with the profligate use of antibiotics and insecticides for cultivation. A study of aquaculture farms across 10 States, which account for the bulk of India’s production, has found “hazardous” levels of metals such as lead and cadmium in all of them. Profligate use of antibiotics and insecticides for cultivation and the threat of anti-microbial resistance have contributed making aquaculture a “ticking time bomb,” according to the authors of the study commissioned by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) and All Creatures Great and Small (ACGS).
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Nagaland government fails to file reply, dog meat ban stayed by Gauhati HC
Justice S Hukato Swu was informed by the government advocate that no response had been received which is why the Gauhati HC had stayed the ban on dog meat.
| 31 Dec 2020 6:58 AM GMT
Kohima: After the Nagaland government had failed to file a reply on time, the Gauhati High Court has stayed the July order banning the import, trade and sale of dog meat in the State.
The court was dealing with petitions moved by traders of dog meat in Kohima challenging the State government s order on import and sale of dog meat.