Nghe An: Household fined for pumping water into cows after slaughter
(Baonghean.vn) - At 2:30 a.m. on May 8, at Hamlet 10, Thuong Son Commune, Do Luong District (Nghe An), the Environmental Police Department of Nghe An Province Police inspected and discovered a household injecting water into a cow after slaughtering it to increase its weight for sale for profit.
At the time of the inspection, the police discovered that the head of the family, Ms. Le Thi Lien, born in 1972, residing in Thuong Son commune, Do Luong district, was using a homemade metal syringe, attached to a hose from a well, to pump water directly into the artery of the cow after it had been slaughtered.
At the slaughterhouse, authorities seized a syringe, a 4-meter long water hose, and a butchered cow weighing 200 kg.
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| Environmental Police Department working with Ms. Le Thi Lien. Photo: Duc Vu |
Ms. Le Thi Lien said that each time water was pumped, the weight of each cow would increase by 10 to 15 kg compared to normal. Ms. Le Thi Lien's violations had been going on for a long time, with an average of 3-5 cows slaughtered every day to sell to the market.
The leader of the Environmental Police Department said that for this behavior, the business household will be administratively sanctioned according to Decree 90 on administrative sanctions in the veterinary field, with a fine of 15 to 20 million VND.
The case is currently being handled by the Environmental Police Department in accordance with the law.
