Police caught a slaughterhouse using borax to bleach duck meat.
(Baonghean.vn) - After the ducks have their feathers plucked with rosin, they will be soaked in a basin of water mixed with borax to whiten and preserve them before being brought to market for consumption.
| Environmental police caught a facility using borax to soak ducks. |
On the morning of August 2, 2018, the Environmental Police Team of Vinh City Police caught the facility red-handed.Vinh Phung poultry slaughterhouse owned by Mr. Bui Xuan Phung (born 1961) is slaughtering 50 ducks, of which 30 have had their feathers plucked using boiled pine resin.
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| After being de-feathered, the ducks are soaked in a basin of water mixed with borax to bleach them. Photo: Hong Quang |
After plucking, the ducks are soaked in a basin of water mixed with borax to whiten and preserve them before being brought to market for consumption.
The authorities made a record of the seizure at the scene including: 3 kg of dry pine resin, 3 kg of borax and the above-mentioned ducks to handle according to regulations.
At the time of inspection, Vinh Phung poultry slaughterhouse was operating without a license and without a certificate of food safety eligibility.
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| Ducks are soaked in a basin of water containing rosin to remove feathers. Photo: Hong Quang |
Every day this facility slaughters hundreds of ducks but does not have a wastewater treatment system and discharges waste directly into the domestic wastewater system, causing a foul odor that affects the surrounding living environment.