Vietnam: Smuggled poultry, swine disease raging

Monday, 02.06.2012, 00:12 (GMT +7)

Information from the Department of Preventive Health (MOH), avian influenza are appearing again in Vietnam. While all countries concerned to respond to the H5N1 bird flu virus in HCM City, the state sold widespread poultry, swine disease, swine quarantine not still occur.

• Hundreds of illegal business

Statistics from the HCM City Veterinary Bureau, the city has over 200 trading live poultry and animal products than those prescribed. But actually, the point of retail poultry trade much higher than statistics.

Our recorded on 4-2, the area of District 5, 12, Go Vap, Binh Chanh district ... selling poultry situation open to the public, is widespread. At the Tran Chanh Chieu route (District 5), Cau (District 12), market Vinh Loc B (Binh Chanh district) ... chickens and ducks were housed in cages or other columns show the ground truth loud cry. Poultry prices at this point spontaneous cheaper than poultry have been quarantined 10,000 - 20,000 VND / kg. If the buyer needs to chickens, ducks only need to pay more of 5,000 - 10,000 VND / child. For point of sale by the river, bridges, sellers use a bucket of river water only as "discharge" clean a chicken or duck.

Interdisciplinary staff of Binh Chanh District HCMC poultry illegally arrested (photos lunch 4-2).

According to the Veterinary Department of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Chanh District are hot spots of illegal trade in poultry and is home to the city's largest illegal slaughterhouse. 4-2 Early in the morning, we have the opportunity to follow the staff of Binh Chanh District Veterinary Station dismantling drive illegally slaughtered pigs scale. But after several hours of exposure to storm and wind, devoured by mosquitoes, the group must be handed. The reason is that early detection object of the plan, appoint a veterinary monitoring stations should have not slaughtered as usual.

Consumers of this bird floating mostly laborers, workers in export processing zones, industrial parks ... afternoon 4-2, at Tan Tao Industrial Park (Binh Tan) has dozens of sale chicken, duck, pork ... along the highway. Even the seller always chasing flies bu hands into the meat, the buyer still busy. With pork stale or to color, the seller sought to apply to more pigs on meat color, visual deceive buyers.

Le Thi year, residing in Long An, which sells poultry at Tan Tao Industrial Park, said: "I sell here for over 1 year. Chicken, duck my ready-made and brought from Long An to. Recently, Binh Chanh Veterinary Station stretch too so I worry. "

• Difficult to thoroughly treated

The city only has four animal quarantine stations (Germany, An Lac, Hoc Mon, Xuan Hiep), is responsible for preventing contraband goods without permit overflow into quarantine ... TP. However, in reality, the quarantine station still conceded contraband.

Mr. Khuong Tran Phuc Nguyen, Binh Chanh head of the local Animal Health, said: "As a rule, people who illegally sell meat animal quarantine certificate, of unknown origin, does not guarantee quality, hygiene and animal health will be dealt management or administrative sanctions. However, many objects show lì fire, obstinate, and even dispose of, give up their identity cards, then continued violations. "

It is known that functional forces per week City inspection, handling about 200 cases of trafficking in animals and animal products against regulations but still the "forks out kidnappings." Because after each arrest, the object blatantly criminal activity, more cheeky. Lunch 4-2, forces associated veterinary inspection Binh Chanh district has handled many trafficking, illegal slaughter of poultry in the province of Vinh Loc B, The Chinese market ... It is noteworthy that even the time when the veterinary inspection struck, the object challenge blatantly violated, name calling and continue to boil water ... poultry.

Interdisciplinary forces in Binh Chanh District HCMC detect a counterfeit swine slaughterhouses in the afternoon 4-2

Inspection results interdisciplinary early 2012's the Market Management Department City showed that treated 8,793 birds, chickens, ducks live and made available; 63 pigs; 5196 kg of poultry meat; 38,111 eggs ducks, chickens, quail ... The number of violations increased in the month compared to May 1-2012 12-2011.

Functional forces thin, the government ultimately does not handle cases of violation in the area ... is the cause of smuggled poultry, quarantine is not raging. In addition, psychological ham cheap, where to buy it to meet the consumer also makes inspection and handling of the authorities difficult.

Mr. Phan Xuan Thao, the Director of the HCM City Department of Animal Health, said: "City Veterinary Department could not quell his victims poultry, pigs in the city illegally. We need a comprehensive coordination, rhythm sectoral agencies such as police, market management ... If so, the new topsy-turvy situation is thoroughly treated. "