Testing 4,000 pig urine samples for banned substances

After receiving sponsorship from Vietnam Joint Stock Company for 4,000 Salbutamol rapid test kits, the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has just issued a document requesting regional veterinary agencies and veterinary sub-departments of provinces and cities to receive the kits and continue to test for banned substances at slaughterhouses.

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Accordingly, the units receiving the Salbutamol test kits will take the lead and coordinate with relevant agencies to organize surprise inspection teams at pig slaughterhouses. At the same time, they will collect pig urine samples at slaughterhouses under their management to test for the banned substance Salbutamol, and report the inspection results before June 30.

According to the plan, corresponding to the number of sponsored rapid test kits, the total number of urine samples collected for testing in the coming time is 4,000 samples nationwide. Of which, in Ho Chi Minh City, 600 urine samples will be collected at pig slaughterhouses for testing, and in Hanoi, the number of samples will be 300 samples.

Previously, during the peak period of action "Food safety year" deployed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development from mid-October 2015 to the end of February 2016, the issue of controlling banned substances such as Salbutamol and Vang O in livestock farming was implemented quite drastically.

Provinces and cities have also actively implemented inspections for banned substances in livestock farming. Specifically, 46/63 provinces and cities have inspected 1,129 establishments, discovered 24 establishments violating (accounting for 2.1%) and handled them according to regulations; discovered 12/649 (accounting for 1.8%) animal feed samples positive for banned substance Salbutamol, 69/1,026 urine samples (accounting for 6.7%), 1/172 meat samples (accounting for 0.6%) used banned substance Salbutamol.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has determined that banned substances in livestock farming will continue to be a "sharp target" this year. In addition, the Ministry will also make efforts to control the use of antibiotics in aquaculture.

According to Customs Newspaper