(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of April 22nd, the inter-agency inspection team on food safety and hygiene of Nghe An province inspected Giao Hien roasted meat facility - a long-standing and well-known roast meat shop in Vinh City. There, the inter-agency team discovered numerous serious violations of food safety and hygiene standards and ordered the temporary suspension of operations at this roast meat shop.
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| "Mr. Giao's Roast Pork" has become a well-known brand in Vinh City. The Giao Hien roast pork establishment has been operating in Vinh My block, Vinh Tan ward for the past four years. According to the owner, very few authorities have come to inspect or monitor this establishment. |
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| When the inspection team arrived, the facility was roasting pigs for sale to customers. Inside the facility, especially around the roasting oven, it was very dirty and covered in grease. |
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| The roasting oven is located right next to the toilet, pig pens, and dog kennels, emitting a strong, foul odor. |
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| Just a few meters away was a sewage ditch filled with foul-smelling animal slaughter waste. |
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| Despite not being permitted, this slaughterhouse has been carrying out slaughtering for several years. The slaughtering conditions are substandard, and the slaughtering area is also used for raising chickens. |
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| The processing conditions and equipment were severely unsanitary. The meat hangers were covered in dust and cobwebs. |
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| The coatings used for roasting pigs are of unknown origin. |
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| The workers were not using any personal protective equipment. |
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| Homemade chili sauce. Visually, it appears to be unhygienic. |
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| Inside the pigsty where they were being kept for roasting, the inter-agency team discovered two dead pigs. |
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| These pigs are of unknown origin and have never been quarantined. |
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| The inter-agency team requested the Vinh City veterinary station to destroy two dead pigs and to isolate and monitor ten other pigs kept in the roasting facility. The Vinh City veterinary agency issued a fine of 4 million VND for violations of animal quarantine, slaughter control, and veterinary hygiene. |
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| During this surprise inspection, the owner of the facility failed to present any documents. The inter-agency team requested the owner to cease operations until all processing procedures and facilities meet hygiene standards. By the morning of April 25th, the facility was required to present all relevant permits to the inspection team for a specific penalty decision. |
Thanh Son
