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The pig slaughterhouses that are concentrated in the epidemic area are allowed to receive and slaughter healthy pigs

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the slaughterhouses that are allow to kill pigs are centralized slaughterhouses that satisfy all veterinary hygiene requirements as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 69 of the Veterinary Law and National Technical Regulations on the veterinary hygiene requirements for concentrated slaughterhouses; small and scattered slaughterhouses that satisfy all the veterinary hygiene requirements as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 69 of the Veterinary Law.

Concerning the transport, slaughtering, and consumption of pig products, pig slaughterhouses that are concentrated in the epidemic area are allowed to receive and slaughter healthy pigs which negative test results for African swine fever in the pig livestock farms inside and outside the province’s epidemic areas.

The pigs that are brought into slaughterhouses are required to satisfy all the regulations in Article 4 of Circular no. 09/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated June 1, 2016 and pigs must be transported by specialized means as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 70 of the Veterinary Law and QCVN01-100: 2012/BNNPTNT from livestock farms to slaughterhouses and mustn’t be transported to gathering points to minimize the risk of spreading pathogens.

The pigs that come from gathering and business facilities, business must show negative test results for African swine fever before being they are transported to slaughterhouses. Gathering facilities are allowed to clean and disinfect pigs before and after each gathering time; waste and waste water must be treated to make sure there won’t be a spread of pathogens. In addition to the requirement for negative test results for African swine fever, pigs must be quarantined and granted quarantine certificates to be transported out of provincial level localities as required.

Slaughtering pig must be controlled under the provisions of Article 65 of the Veterinary Law and Circular no. 09/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated June 1, 2016 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The products from pigs after the slaughtering process must be tested and show negative results for African swine fever and transported by specialized means according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 70 of the Law on Veterinary Medicine for consumption inside and outside the epidemic area inside and outside the province. Also, means of transport must be cleaned up and disinfected before going out of livestock farms and before going into and after going out of slaughterhouses.

The small and scattered slaughterhouses in the epidemic area are also allowed to receive and slaughter healthy pigs and must show negative results for African swine fever in the big farms inside and outside the epidemic area in the province. Also, the pigs that are slaughtered must satisfy the requirements for slaughtering and veterinary hygiene control.

Pigs must be transported by required means according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 70 of the Veterinary Law and satisfy veterinary hygiene requirements from livestock farms to slaughterhouses; mustn’t be transported to pig gathering points to minimize the risk of spreading pathogens. Also, slaughtering pigs must be controlled and the pig products from pigs after the slaughtering process must be transported by means according to the Veterinary Law; and means of transport must be cleaned up and disinfected before going out of livestock farms and before going into and after going out of slaughterhouses.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has still asked localities to immediately cull all the pigs in cages, gathering points, and isolation areas showing positive results for African swine fever. Simultaneously, it is necessary to adopt measures to deal with outbreaks, and prevent and control African swine fever according to regulations.

Duy Minh (Ngoc Yen)