Indian restaurant fined $13,000 after health inspectors find "pet meat" being processed in kitchen
Cafe Marica was found to have mutton marked in bags labeled 'pet meat' and was handed down a hefty fine for breaking food regulations.
An Indian restaurant in Perth, Australia, has been fined $13,000 by health inspectors after they found 'pet meat' in its kitchen premises. The Department of Health published a notice online, stating that Kopikaran Krishnasamy and Kalaiamutham Pty Ltd, trading as Cafe Marica was guilty of breaching food regulations this past February. According to the Daily Mail, when the City of Gosnells food safety inspectors visited the restaurant, located in Perth's southern suburb of Canning Vale, they found 15 kilos of mutton marked 'Pet Meat - Not Fit For Human Consumption' opened and being processed in the kitchen.
