Food Adulteration as Cultural and Public Health Violence in Kashmir

Introduction

The discovery of 1,200 kilograms of decomposed meat in a Zakura storage facility on July 31 is not an isolated act of negligence but a manifestation of structural decay within Kashmir’s food system. The event, which revealed rotten flesh repackaged for sale under the guise of freshness, illustrates not merely the circulation of unsafe commodities but the erosion of societal trust, public health, and collective dignity. Food, the most fundamental sustenance of life, here becomes transformed into a vehicle of harm, a betrayal that is neither accidental nor benign, but deliberate and systemic.

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