Srinagar, Dec 11 : The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered an urgent investigation into reports of adulterated eggs being sold in markets after National Conference MLA Tanvir Sadiq warned of the presence of carcinogenic drug residues in eggs consumed across the region.

In a formal communication issued by the Personal Section of the Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), the department has directed concerned authorities to “examine/verify the issue urgently and submit a report within two days” amid rising public-health concerns.

The directive follows Sadiq’s warning that nitrofuran and nitroimidazole residues—drugs banned in food-producing animals because of their carcinogenic and toxic properties—may have been detected in eggs available in local markets. He

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