During the Lunar New Year, spontaneous slaughtering of livestock at home occurs quite a lot, which poses a risk of disease and food safety in Ha Tinh.
Many families have not properly handled environmental sanitation and food safety issues when they arbitrarily slaughter livestock at home.
To ensure food safety and hygiene (FSH) and control epidemics, even small-scale livestock slaughtering must still meet certain requirements regarding human resources, location, equipment, tools, wastewater systems, etc.
Currently, as Tet is approaching, the demand for livestock meat products has increased dramatically, so spontaneous slaughtering is becoming more popular, especially in rural areas where there is a habit of "touching" meat to share.
After being slaughtered, pigs are placed directly on brick floors or thin tarpaulins.
For many years, due to the habit of "touching" livestock meat during Tet, Ms. VTC (Son Bang commune, Huong Son) often organizes the slaughter of 1-2 animals and then shares them with her relatives.
Ms. C. said: “We often slaughter pigs during Tet. On average, 4-5 families will share 1-2 pigs, and in years when we have the means, we will buy a calf or cow together to slaughter. The pigs, calves, and cows we use are all raised by households in the village, with clear origins, so we feel very secure. Using meat also helps us save money compared to buying meat from outside...”.
Home slaughter and sale of livestock is advertised online.
Many families not only slaughter livestock at home for their own use, but also post their products on social networking sites to sell.
Ms. PNA (Tan Lam Huong commune, Thach Ha district) said: “Many of my acquaintances, after slaughtering livestock, advertise their products online. I often order and have them delivered to my home instead of having to go to the market or supermarket. Because they are acquaintances, I trust them quite a bit, but honestly, I don’t care whether the products are safe for food hygiene or not...”.
Not only Ms. C. and Ms. A., but currently, most people who slaughter livestock at home or buy livestock meat from acquaintances who slaughter themselves do not care about food safety, environmental hygiene, and the risk of spreading diseases in livestock such as: blue ear disease, lumpy skin disease in cattle, African swine fever...
It is easy to see that the issue of disease prevention is not focused on when slaughtering livestock at home. Many meat products are processed by people right on the brick floor, and blood and animal waste are not treated properly, leading to bacterial contamination and the spread of pathogens.
Also due to the lack of water sources, disinfectants, slaughtering tools, food containers... when people slaughter livestock at home, the living environment is easily polluted because wastewater and waste are discharged directly into the drainage system of residential areas.
Mr. D.D.T. (Cam Quan commune, Cam Xuyen) admitted: “Slaughtering livestock at home for consumption is a habit of many families in rural areas during Tet. However, we have not really paid attention to ensuring environmental hygiene, food safety... When I slaughter pork myself, I have not ensured regulations on protection and personal hygiene.”
Authorities inspect the trading of livestock and poultry products at markets in Can Loc district.
Mr. Tran Hung - Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Ha Tinh recommended: "To prevent the risk of disease outbreaks from slaughtering at home, people should bring livestock to centralized slaughterhouses to ensure clean food sources and handle food safety risks.
The province currently has 34 concentrated slaughterhouses operating with a scale of ensuring the slaughter of 30 to 70 pigs per slaughter shift. Some facilities have additional areas for slaughtering cattle, with a scale of 5 to 15 cattle per slaughter shift. The area serving slaughter activities according to local planning ranges from 5 to 7 communes/facility. Therefore, it completely meets the needs of people for slaughtering cattle. And it is best for consumers to use animal products of clear origin, which have been controlled for slaughter."
Regulations in Decree 90/2017/ND-CP, amended by Decree 04/2020/ND-CP on violations in transportation, trading, collection, storage, and control of slaughter of terrestrial animals; preliminary processing and processing of animals and animal products for business are as follows: Violations of transportation, trading, collection, storage, and control of slaughter of terrestrial animals; preliminary processing and preparation of animals and animal products for business: Fine from VND 6,000,000 to VND 8,000,000 for the act of slaughtering animals at a location not permitted by a competent state agency. |
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