Jammu, Aug. 7 -- The food safety crisis in Kashmir deepened on Wednesday as authorities seized two more consignments of rotten meat dumped on the outskirts of Srinagar, intensifying public concern over health risks and widespread violations of food safety regulations.

Officials said dozens of unclaimed packages of decayed meat and poultry were found abandoned in the Nowgam and Pampore areas-just days after over 1,200 kilograms of spoiled packaged mutton were confiscated from a cold storage facility in Srinagar's Zakura Industrial Estate.

Following directives from the Secretary of the Health & Medical Education Department and under the supervision of the Commissioner, Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) J&K, the Food Safety Department has st...