KUWAIT CITY, Oct 27: In a dramatic joint raid, inspectors from the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition, working in coordination with the Ministry of Interior and the Capital Governorate Security Directorate, uncovered a major food fraud operation inside a butcher shop that had been tampering with meat products and deceiving consumers.

During the inspection, officials discovered that the shop was forging invoices for the sale and supply of meat to cooperative societies — a ploy designed to pass off unapproved and substandard products, including meat of unknown origin. Investigators also found that the butchers were thawing frozen buffalo meat imported from India and reselling it as fresh, chilled meat. Even more audaciously, they were marketing this same meat as premium Australian lamb — a blatant act of commercial deception involving falsified type, condition, and origin.

Following the raid, the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition ordered the immediate closure of the butcher shop and the destruction of all adulterated meat found on the premises. The workers involved were referred to the competent authorities to face legal action under food safety and fraud regulations.

Officials stressed that such acts pose a direct threat to public health and consumer trust, emphasizing that joint inspection campaigns between the Food Authority and the Ministry of Interior will continue to intensify.

“The law will be applied with full firmness,” an official source affirmed. “Anyone who tampers with food safety, falsifies product origins, or endangers the health of citizens and residents will face the strictest legal penalties. There will be zero tolerance for such violations.”