@dramitsarwal: Social media criticism leads council to order butcher to throw out lamb meat - A new butcher in Auckland, New Zealand, has had to discard several lamb carcasses after a food safety officer deemed their temporary storage potentially unsafe, following a photo that went viral on social media. The image, shared in the Otara 274 Facebook community group, showed carcasses in cardboard boxes stacked on a supermarket trolley amid wooden pallets at Shefco Meats on Dawson Rd in Flat Bush. The post drew widespread criticism, with one commenter writing, “A-grade yeah nah.”Shefco Meats’ manager, Hasan Zuberi, told Stuff.co.nz that the photo was misleading. The lamb had only been on the trolley for 15 minutes during the store’s opening day while a meat rail was being installed. “Absolutely nothing was placed on the floor,” Zuberi told Stuff. “We take hygiene and food safety very seriously and are proud of the standards we uphold.” #Auckland Council confirmed that while no complaints had been received, the temporary storage of the meat appeared improper.

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Tuesday 30 September 2025 22:09:10 GMT