Livestock disease is under control, beef sells well with slightly increased prices

After many months of "hanging stalls" and closing the market, now thePeople's market in Vinh cityBeef stalls have resumed business. At Quan Lau market (Truong Thi ward), beef stalls have imported goods and are open for business as usual. Ms. Nguyen Thi Toan, a beef trader at Quan Lau market, said: “In the past 2 weeks, the demand for beef has increased sharply. On average, I sell about 300 kg of meat per day to housewives, restaurants, and wholesale to other traders.”

Currently, the beef market has improved, purchasing power has increased sharply, prices have increased slightly. In the photo: On average, Ms. Nguyen Thi Toan, a beef trader at Quan Lau market, sells about 300 kg of beef per day. Photo: Thanh Phuc

At the traditional markets in Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc, Cua Lo districts, beef has also returned after a long period of “absence”. Mr. Nguyen Tu Hai, a beef trader at Mai Trang market (Nghi Xuan, Nghi Loc) said: “In the past few months, I had to switch to selling chicken, goose, duck, pork and only a little beef to keep customers. Now, when customer demand increases, I have returned to selling mainly beef.”

A few months ago, when the translationLumpy skin disease in cattlecomplicated developments, many people "turned their backs" on beef, causing this item to be sluggish, many small traders had to close their stalls. Up to now, when the epidemic has been controlled, beef has been chosen by many people to include in their family's daily menu. In addition, many restaurants and eateries also choose beef to prepare dishes to serve diners. In addition, establishments making ham, sausages also choose beef for processing. Therefore, purchasing power has increased rapidly.

Demand for processed beef products such as ham and sausages has also increased. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Ms. Nguyen Thi Van, owner of a sausage factory in Hung Dung market, said: “The amount of sausages and beef ham sold in the past few days has increased sharply compared to before. A month ago, people mainly bought sausages and pork ham, but now they have switched to processed beef products to change their taste.”

Purchasing power increases, therefore,Beef prices also increased slightly.compared to before. Currently, beef in traditional markets costs from 220-250,000 VND/kg, an increase of 10-25,000 VND/kg compared to before.

The beef market is booming, and the business of slaughtering cattle is recovering after a long period of stagnation. To ensure food safety, cattle slaughter is strictly controlled.

Prices of all types of beef increased slightly from 15,000 VND - 25,000 VND/kg. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Mr. Ngo Duc Quynh, Deputy Director of the Veterinary Department, said: “The process of checking livestock health and controlling slaughter is always supervised by quarantine officers. Cows are imported and kept for clinical examination of health signs and origin, then slaughtered. When taking meat, traders are issued a receipt for slaughter control fees to prove the origin. However, to ensure health, consumers must choose fresh, delicious meat with clear origin and quarantine. In addition, localities also need to strengthen disease control, and functional agencies need to monitor and inspect trading, transportation and slaughtering activities in the area.”

Authorities regularly inspect beef trading activities. Photo: Thanh Phuc

By June 2021, the whole province had 337 outbreaks (6,527 households/1,368 hamlets/337 communes). Number of infected livestock: 8,839 (77 buffaloes, 26 calves, 5,653 cows, 3,083 calves); number of dead livestock: 2,066 (7 buffaloes, 3 calves, 507 cows, 1,549 calves); Weight destroyed: 283,091 kg. The number of outbreaks that have been declared over for 21 days is 261 (accounting for more than 77% of the total number of outbreaks).