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On June 26, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development organized a Conference on Animal Slaughter Control. They commented on the regulations regarding slaughter control and veterinary hygiene inspection and on the national monitoring program on food safety for foods of animal origin.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam has 14 provinces that do not organize slaughter control at small establishments. Currently, there are about 24,858 small slaughterhouses nationwide. Of these, 6,756 establishments (27%) have business registration certificates, but only 4,328 establishments (64.1%) have veterinary staff performing slaughter control. The veterinary industry currently only controls 17% of the total number of small slaughterhouses. The number of small slaughterhouses that do not have a business license and are not allowed to operate by the government is 18,102 (73%).
In 2023, the Department of Animal Health said it took 60 samples of pork carcasses to check for Salmonella and Enterobacteriaceae infections. The results showed that 12 samples were infected with Salmonella (20%) and 13 samples were infected with Enterobacteriaceae (21.67%). Vietnam has a long border and epidemics often occur, especially African swine fever recently. Therefore, animal slaughter is very important, greatly affecting food safety.
At this conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien requested representatives of provinces and the Sub-Departments of Animal Health and Livestock to report on the current situation of animal slaughter management in their localities so that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has the opportunity to fully evaluate and advise on how to handle the situation with the Prime Minister.
June 26, 2024/ Government Newspaper/ Vietnam.
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