Control of poultry trading and slaughter: Still open!

(Baonghean.vn)The situation of trading poultry of unknown origin, not yet quarantined... is happening right at the markets in Vinh City. In addition, the slaughtering does not ensure hygiene, disease prevention, and environmental hygiene, causing the risk of rapid spread when an epidemic occurs and increasing environmental pollution.

Currently, in Vinh City, slaughter management is only implemented for livestock by organizing and controlling centralized slaughterhouses. Most of the livestock food consumed in the market has been inspected by veterinary agencies. However, for poultry, the purchase and sale of live poultry in markets is completely unmanaged and unsupervised by authorities. Therefore, the inspection of live poultry slaughter in markets is still open. Markets are areas where poultry from many different regions are concentrated, and this is also where the most diseased poultry are concentrated.

Poultry trading at markets in Vinh City is not controlled.

At Vinh market, there are currently two live poultry trading areas: the area with stalls and the open-air market. One thing that is easy to see is that the poultry trading activities here rarely see the shadow of inspection by the authorities. Every day, hundreds of poultry of unknown origin are displayed for sale right in the middle of the market. In the live poultry trading area (with 19 business households), the management of the authorities is only carried out in a cursory manner, environmental hygiene is not guaranteed, and the stench of poultry droppings is strong. This uncontrolled trading will create conditions for poultry diseases to spread and spread.

Every day, the number of poultry slaughtered at Vinh market is up to hundreds. Due to the psychology of buyers of live poultry wanting convenience, they often have the need to slaughter on the spot. This activity is "turning" the shopping area into an unsanitary one. The slaughter area is narrow, lacks clean water, the slaughtering tools are not cleaned thoroughly, and waste after slaughtering flows into the environment. The poultry slaughter area in the market is often located near sewers, ditches, toilets, and garbage, so it is very polluted. Moreover, the slaughter of poultry at businesses or at markets without labor protection, the risk of disease transmission from poultry to humans is very high.

In other markets, such as Quan Lau market (Truong Thi ward), Hung Dung market (Hung Dung ward), Quang Trung market (Quang Trung ward), the environmental pollution and filth in the poultry trading and slaughtering areas are similar. These markets are located in densely populated areas, so they have greatly affected the lives of the surrounding people.

Mr. Tran Van Chat, Head of Vinh City Veterinary Station, said: Checking poultry traded at the market is currently very difficult. Due to the thin force, one employee often has to manage 2-3 markets, so it is impossible to oversee all trading activities. In addition, the legal corridor on regulations to be inspected still has many loopholes, so many poultry are beyond the control of the authorities.

In order for the trading and slaughtering of poultry in markets to comply with regulations, it is necessary for local authorities and relevant sectors to support investment, renovation and upgrading of trading and slaughtering locations to ensure environmental hygiene and food safety to protect the health of consumers. At markets, veterinary forces should be arranged to strictly control poultry trading to ensure that poultry bought and sold at the market must have a clear origin, be quarantined, and poultry trading areas must be regularly cleaned, disinfected and periodically disinfected according to regulations of veterinary agencies.

Pham Bang