Currently, there are many small slaughterhouses in Khanh Hoa province. Picture: Kim So
Dealing with slaughterhouses that do not ensure food safety has not been drastic
On March 10, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Khanh Hoa released a document ordering county, city and township people’s committees to organize and lead the inspection, inspection, evaluation and management of small-scale slaughterhouses. Retailers in the region ensure the right path according to Provincial People’s Committee Resolution 2094 of July 29, 2022 and ensure the cessation of operations of slaughterhouses that do not meet the requirements of veterinary hygiene and food safety (call: turn off food safety).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Khanh Hoa has also instructed the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Sub-department to coordinate with local authorities at all levels to inspect, guide, renovate and upgrade small slaughterhouses in the region to meet the needs of the ensure disease security. diseases, veterinary hygiene, food safety and environmental hygiene, dealing with slaughterhouses that do not meet the prescribed conditions.
According to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine in Khanh Hoa, 134 small slaughterhouses are operating in the province so far, which is 6 fewer than at the end of 2022. Of these, 40 slaughterhouses ensure sanitary conditions. Veterinary Medicine, Food Safety. To ensure food and disease safety in small slaughterhouses, the sub-department has assigned 45 veterinary staff to inspect and control the slaughter.
Mr Le Thang, director of the animal husbandry and veterinary department in Khanh Hoa, said the management, implementation, management and upgrading of small slaughterhouses in the area is still slow. It shows that in the first 6 months of the new year, 46/134 establishments were inspected and evaluated in terms of veterinary hygiene and food safety.
The reason for this is that local authorities at all levels have not dealt decisively with slaughterhouses that are located in residential areas and whose small areas do not ensure the required food safety and environmental hygiene. Therefore, the number of small slaughterhouses that do not meet the conditions prescribed in the province is still high.
Veterinary authorities carry out inspections and controls at slaughter. Picture: KS.
In addition, some districts do not have an interdisciplinary team at the district level, and there is no arrangement for coordination between authorities and veterinary, health, police, market management, etc. in the management of slaughterhouses. Surgery likely to face many Difficulties in controlling and dealing with food safety violations.
According to the Khanh Hoa Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sub-department, there are currently many and scattered slaughterhouses that operate mainly at night, so the management of the towns and the control of the slaughter by the veterinary authorities face many difficulties.
Most of the farms have a small slaughtering capacity and the mandatory slaughter inspection fee is low (VND 14,000/cow, VND 7,000/pig, VND 200/poultry). direct resources to implement battle control.
Pig farming in Khanh Hoa is now developing quite rapidly, so the construction of a concentrated slaughterhouse is required. Picture: Kim So
We are waiting for investors to build central slaughterhouses
On July 29, 2022, the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province issued Resolution 2094 on the plan to establish concentrated cattle and poultry slaughterhouses in the province by 2025.
Then, on December 2, 2022, this province further issued Decision No. 3324 amending and supplementing Decision No. 2094, identifying 6 livestock and poultry concentrated slaughterhouses, including at locations such as Song Cau (Khanh Vinh) commune . ), Suoi Tan Township (Cam Lam); Ba Cluster Bac Township (Khanh Son), Ninh Sim Township (Ninh Hoa City), Cam Nghia District (Cam Ranh City) and Gieng Nai Area, Quang Phuoc Village, Van Luong Township (Van Ninh).
On December 22, 2022, the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province issued Resolution No. 3516 approving the list of projects requiring extra-budgetary investment capital in the province by 2025 with 2030 orientation and investments. 6 slaughterhouses focus on the investment promotion portal of Khanh Hoa province.
On June 5, 2023, the Provincial People’s Committee released Investment Promotion Implementation Plan No. 5471 following the 2023 Khanh Hoa Provincial Planning and Investment Promotion Announcement Conference, in which the provincial people’s committee commissioned the district to develop a plan Plan, prepare a proposal file in time, and assign the unit to submit it in accordance with Decision 3660 of December 30, 2022 of the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province on the Publication of Instructions on Procedures for Implementing Investment Projects. Use state capital in the province for projects on the list of projects requiring extrabudgetary investment approved by the provincial People’s Committee.
Currently, there is no concentrated livestock and poultry slaughterhouse in Khanh Hoa province. Picture: KS.
Currently, the concentrated cattle and poultry slaughter area is shared between Nha Trang city and Dien Khanh and Khanh Vinh districts in Song Cau Nhan Municipality Thuan Phat Construction-Trading-Livestock Co ., ltd. proposed the construction of a pig slaughterhouse with a capacity of 960 animals/day. The Ministries of Planning and Investment, Natural Resources and Environment and People’s Committee of Khanh Vinh District are processing the application for this project.
Despite the encouragement and demand for investment in six concentrated slaughterhouses, there is still no centralized slaughterhouse for cattle and poultry in Khanh Hoa province. In this regard, Mr. Le Thang said that due to the mechanisms and policies to support the construction of concentrated slaughterhouses, these are not attractive and have not encouraged investors.
In view of the above situation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Khanh Hoa recently sent a written request to the Provincial People’s Committee to instruct departments, agencies, units and chairmen of the district, city and municipal people’s committees to focus on the implementation of their to focus responsibilities. the assigned tasks according to the roadmap, and plan to build concentrated slaughterhouses in the province to ensure the goal of forming a concentrated slaughterhouse network by 2025.
For the investment project to build a cattle slaughterhouse in Song Cau Township, according to the plan, an investor has proposed to complete it soon, evaluate the dossier and recommend the provincial people’s committee to approve the investment.
At the same time, he instructed the county-level people’s committee to drastically implement the management of small slaughterhouses in the region, thus ensuring the roadmap to the end of 2023 in the province, with 69 small slaughterhouses remaining to meet hygiene requirements. veterinary medicine, improve food safety and at the same time stop the operation of establishments that do not meet veterinary hygiene conditions.
According to Mr. Thang, in the first six months of this year, specialized inspectors from the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Subdivision conducted inspections and inspections of 23 slaughterhouses in the cities of Nha Trang, Cam Ranh and Van Ninh district. At the same time, 13 samples of fresh meat (9 samples of pork , 2 beef samples, 2 poultry samples) to measure 24 indicators such as aerobic bacteria, Escherichia coli bacteria, Salmonella spp. and test antibiotic residues. tetracyclines; salbutamol substance; Clenbuterol substance. As a result, most slaughterhouses complied with legal requirements and all samples were of good quality. However, 2/13 samples were still contaminated with microorganisms, but within the allowable limit.