Nghe An border district will resolutely handle households that deliberately slaughter livestock at home.
(Baonghean.vn) - Faced with the situation of people slaughtering livestock at home, potentially spreading disease, Ky Son district (Nghe An) has required households to bring livestock to centralized slaughterhouses to ensure safety. If they do not carry out centralized slaughter, households will be punished according to regulations.
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The centralized slaughterhouse in Ky Son district is deserted because some households do not bring their livestock to the slaughterhouse. Photo: Quang An |
Centralized slaughterhouse of border districtKy Sonput into operation since the beginning of 2019, serving the slaughter of livestock in Muong Xen town, Ta Ca commune, Huu Kiem commune and part of Huu Lap commune. The total state capital invested in building this slaughterhouse is 5 billion VND. Each day, the slaughterhouse can slaughter over 30 pigs and cows.
Although it has been put into operation, recently, some households have not complied with the regulation of bringing livestock into the park.slaughterhouseconcentrated but secretly slaughtered at home. This poses a risk of spreading disease, especially at a time when African swine fever is re-emerging in some communes in Ky Son; in addition, it also causes environmental pollution, and food hygiene and safety are not controlled.
It is worth mentioning that the fact that people do not bring livestock to the slaughterhouse makes the modern, largest centralized slaughterhouse in the district always deserted.
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Currently, the slaughterhouse only has a small number of cattle, while its designed capacity can slaughter over 30 cattle per day. Photo: Quang An |
Faced with that situation, the District People's CommitteeKy SonA team was set up to inspect the slaughtering of livestock in the area and food safety. The inspection process showed that some households refused to bring livestock to the slaughterhouse and slaughtered them at home. The district asked the households to sign a commitment and issued warnings to these households.
In the coming time, Ky Son district will increase its forces to inspect and handle this issue. If households have signed a commitment but do not comply, we will proceed to impose penalties according to Regulation 90/ND-CP dated July 31, 2017 of the Government on Regulations on administrative sanctions for violations in the veterinary field.