Two men jailed for conspiring to sell meat meant for pet food to shoppers

Two men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to sell meat meant to be used in pet food to unsuspecting shoppers. Anthony Fear, 63, ran a company which supplied meat which was not deemed fit for human consumption to Azar Irshad, 40, who ran a cutting room to prepare the meat in South London.

The meat, including whole chickens and lambs’ testicles, was either intended to be thrown away or used in pet food, but instead was prepared to be sold as meat for customers to eat. Trading Standards officers investigated after people living near a business on Walworth Road, Walworth, had complained of the stench of rotting meat coming from the “disgustingly filthy” shop in 2020, Inner London Crown Court previously heard.

Residents took photographs of large containers of meat which were st