Nghe An: Discovered a facility using chemicals in poultry slaughtering

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of May 5, Team 4 of the Environmental Police Department (PC 49) - Nghe An Police coordinated with Market Management Team No. 3 - Nghe An Market Management Department to discover a poultry slaughterhouse using chemicals to clean duck feathers.

Authorities inspect poultry slaughterhouse.

The owner of the facility is Ms. Nghiem Thi Tuan in Vinh My block, Vinh Tan ward - Vinh city. At the scene, this facility used a black chemical combined with candles, heated it up, dipped the duck in it, then peeled off the outer adhesive layer to clean the duck feathers.

Black chemicals are used to clean duck feathers.

Ms. Tuan confessed that she had been using this chemical for nearly a year, bought it at Vinh market and of unknown origin. In addition, this facility also violated food safety regulations in slaughtering livestock and poultry; the slaughterhouse did not ensure hygiene, and did not have any legal documents related to the slaughterhouse such as: business registration, quarantine certificate...

Talking to Nghe An Newspaper reporter, Colonel Tran Huu Hong - Head of the Environmental Police Department said: Initially, the authorities have drawn up a record of the violation, sealed and confiscated the chemicals being used for testing, then will take samples and test to determine the type and origin of the chemicals, from which appropriate handling measures will be taken.

Hoai Thanh - Minh Quan