Massive smuggling of pigs across the border, urgent orders for provinces and cities to prevent and strictly handle
Faced with the situation of pork and live pigs being massively transported by traders to China despite the ban, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sent an official dispatch requesting the National Steering Committee 389 and provinces and cities to take urgent action to prevent and strictly handle the situation.
Specifically, in the official dispatch signed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien, it is stated that in order to protect the development of domestic production, ensure food supply for domestic consumers and prevent African Swine Fever which is gradually being well controlled, the National Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control (National Steering Committee) requests the Standing Committee of the National Steering Committee 389, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the People's Committees of provinces and central cities to closely coordinate and instruct all levels to resolutely and synchronously implement measures to control the transportation of pigs and pork products into and out of Vietnam.
In particular, it is recommended that the National Steering Committee 389 immediately form working groups to directly go to border localities to inspect and urge the organization of prevention, timely detection and strict handling of cases of smuggling, transportation and illegal trading of pigs and pork products in and out of Vietnam.
Propose that the Ministry of Industry and Trade direct the Market Management force from the central to local levels to arrange and assign forces to coordinate with localities and relevant agencies to organize control, detect and strictly handle cases of transporting pigs and pig products in and out of Vietnam without quarantine and without complying with current legal regulations.
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| Lang Son province authorities have just caught a vehicle carrying pig trotters and pig intestines illegally exported across the border. |
The People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities need to direct Steering Committee 389, relevant agencies and authorities at all levels to strengthen inspection and strict control, especially at border gates, trails and openings in border areas to promptly detect and strictly handle cases of trading, slaughtering and transporting pigs and pig products that do not ensure disease safety; immediately put an end to the situation of smuggling, transporting and illegally trading pig products in and out of Vietnam.
Previously, as VietNamNet reported, although there was a ban on exporting pigs to China due to insufficient conditions, in recent days, because the price of pigs in the Chinese market is twice as high as in Vietnam, traders still rushed to bring pigs across the border to the neighboring country.Not only that, Mr. Vu Anh Tuan - Deputy General Director of CP Livestock Joint Stock Company said that there is a situation of exporting pigs to China, both meat pigs and breeding pigs (pigs weighing 10-30kg).
