Nghe An: Detected a facility using chemicals in poultry slaughter

(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 type of black chemical combined with candles, heated it up, dipped the ducks in it, then peeled off the outer sticky layer to remove 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 slaughter area did not ensure hygiene, and did not have any legal documents related to the slaughter facility such as: business registration, quarantine certificate...

Speaking to Nghe An Newspaper reporters, Colonel Tran Huu Hong - Head of the Environmental Police Department said: Initially, the authorities have drawn up a record of the violation, sealed and seized 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