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SAFE MEAT: CONSUMERS' PROTECTION UNION CALLS ON GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSMEN TO BUILD MODERN SLAUGHTERHOUSES
ArmeniaNow
01.07.11 | 14:06
NAZIK ARMENAKYAN
By Siranuysh Gevorgyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Consumer Rights Protection NGO expert Victor Abrahamyan considers it
very alarming that the slaughter of animals in Armenia customarily
takes place in 'yard conditions' and not at special slaughter-houses
as it was the case during Soviet times.
"Yard slaughter is fraught with the danger of spreading various
infections," Abrahamyan stressed at a press conference on Friday,
adding that animal slaughter is mainly carried out without professional
supervision, in unsanitary conditions.
The expert says that slaughterhouses need to be established so that
the slaughter of animals be not only safe, but also profitable, since,
as he put it, "in slaughterhouses only animals' mooing and bellowing
is lost."
"During slaughter in yard conditions the slaughtered animal's
intestines are thrown to dogs, while useful things can be made of
it, such as insulin from animal pancreas, and in [house conditions]
it is not used," said Abrahamyan.
The Consumers Rights Protection NGO, aiming to improve the meat and
meat products safety situation in Armenia, has launched a multimedia
campaign as part of the "Support for the Development of Slaughterhouses
in Armenia" program, which is being implemented with the assistance
of the Ministry of Agriculture and the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization and with the funding of the Greek government.
Abrahamyan urged businesspeople to build slaughterhouses, saying that
it will cost 30,000-50,000 to build a slaughterhouse, while under
the program a businessman will get equipment for the facility free
of charge.
Besides the problem of the absence of slaughterhouses, specialists
single out the issue of unhygienic transportation and sale of meat
and meat products and a faulty application of the legislation in
this regard. Selling meat without refrigeration for the first time
is penalized with a fine of up to 50,000 drams (about $135), while a
repeat offense entails a fine of up to 300,000 drams (more than $800).
From: Baghdasarian
ArmeniaNow
01.07.11 | 14:06
NAZIK ARMENAKYAN
By Siranuysh Gevorgyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Consumer Rights Protection NGO expert Victor Abrahamyan considers it
very alarming that the slaughter of animals in Armenia customarily
takes place in 'yard conditions' and not at special slaughter-houses
as it was the case during Soviet times.
"Yard slaughter is fraught with the danger of spreading various
infections," Abrahamyan stressed at a press conference on Friday,
adding that animal slaughter is mainly carried out without professional
supervision, in unsanitary conditions.
The expert says that slaughterhouses need to be established so that
the slaughter of animals be not only safe, but also profitable, since,
as he put it, "in slaughterhouses only animals' mooing and bellowing
is lost."
"During slaughter in yard conditions the slaughtered animal's
intestines are thrown to dogs, while useful things can be made of
it, such as insulin from animal pancreas, and in [house conditions]
it is not used," said Abrahamyan.
The Consumers Rights Protection NGO, aiming to improve the meat and
meat products safety situation in Armenia, has launched a multimedia
campaign as part of the "Support for the Development of Slaughterhouses
in Armenia" program, which is being implemented with the assistance
of the Ministry of Agriculture and the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization and with the funding of the Greek government.
Abrahamyan urged businesspeople to build slaughterhouses, saying that
it will cost 30,000-50,000 to build a slaughterhouse, while under
the program a businessman will get equipment for the facility free
of charge.
Besides the problem of the absence of slaughterhouses, specialists
single out the issue of unhygienic transportation and sale of meat
and meat products and a faulty application of the legislation in
this regard. Selling meat without refrigeration for the first time
is penalized with a fine of up to 50,000 drams (about $135), while a
repeat offense entails a fine of up to 300,000 drams (more than $800).
From: Baghdasarian