Friday, May 7, 2010

Vietnam: Uncertified Poultry Sold Once More in HCMC

07/05/2010
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Chanh Hung-Over District 8 [Chánh Hưng- Q.8], the way smoke and dust is also a point to familiar birds smuggled from the provinces of Long An, Tra Vinh, Tien Giang move up. Pool area before the Peace [ Hòa Bình], the two sides is always present in the poultry. Poultry legs tied, no cage lairage. Often, sellers will "display" chips three chickens, ducks do believe. Customers demand more, just wait five minutes will be found.

A sale of smuggled poultry located in residential areas. Photo: Son Trinh


On the motorbike, transport mainly, there is at least 10 caged piglets; finery found below the chickens and ducks tied as dead wood lying dormant. People here used to sell bags to haul chickens quarantined not going to sell to convenience, to avoid the attention of authorities.

For profit, many poultry merchants willing to fight back when authorities confiscated poultry in markets like Central America West [ Trung Mỹ Tây] smuggled chickens. In District 8 [Tại Q.8], although the last time county commission has to hang banners, propaganda slogans people, many times the military mopping subjects live poultry trade, but the functional forces leave the trade status was renewed.


Chickens, ducks smuggled on Tran Chanh Chieu (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) [Trần Chánh Chiếu (Q.5, TP.HCM)]. Photo: Son Trinh


According to the report of the Sub-Department of Animal Health, Vietnam [TP.HCM] is now the province has over 130 sales points have not lived through poultry Quarantine.

Every week, Animal Health Department noted the county handle about 150-160 cases with exhibits from 700-800 handling birds of unknown origin. However, the situation of illegal poultry business in many areas is positive and have a tendency to increase.

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