Inspecting the slaughterhouse for processing cattle for CP Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company, Hau Giang branch. (Photo: Nguyen Hang/VNA)
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Phung Duc Tien said he will ask the Ministry of Public Security to investigate and clarify information about Vietnam Joint Stock Company being accused of selling "dirty meat."
This information was given at the regular press conference for May 2025 held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on June 3.
Circulation stamp for diseased pork
Sharing information about the case of the CP Company being accused of selling “dirty meat” that has caused a stir in public opinion in recent days, Ms. Nguyen Thu Thuy, Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) said that the incident reported by the people happened in 2022, at a slaughterhouse in Hau Giang. At the time of the report, the slaughterhouse only reported that the pigs had skin symptoms, there was no report of disease and the proposed treatment plan was to feed the fish.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thu Thuy, if the pig has dermatitis and requires heat treatment and conversion of use, a round stamp must be placed, but according to the signs and images provided by the people, this is a sick pig that must be destroyed and a triangular stamp must be placed. However, the stamp on the carcass is a square stamp (a stamp that is allowed to circulate on the market), showing that the pork has been stamped incorrectly.
Photos posted by citizens denouncing Vietnam Joint Stock Company for selling “dirty meat”. (Photo: Facebook)
At the meeting, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien requested the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine to clarify who stamped the quarantine stamp and affirmed that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment would resolutely handle this case. According to regulations, sick pigs must be destroyed in accordance with regulations to prevent the spread of disease and must not be used for other purposes.
Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien also requested that today the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine immediately draft a document requesting the Ministry of Public Security to investigate and clarify the case.
"We protect and support businesses to comply with legal regulations, and cannot discharge waste into the environment, slaughter sick pigs, and spread diseases. We request the Ministry of Public Security to coordinate to clarify and not to be lax or tolerating such behaviors," Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien emphasized.
Ms. Nguyen Thu Thuy, Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, said the stamp on the pork in the image was wrongly stamped. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)
Check the accused facility immediately
Previously, on social networks, a post was shared by account holder Jonny Lieu and account “Ngan Tech” with the content denouncing a number of serious violations by the leaders of CP Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company, which occurred at CP Fresh Shop My Xuyen (Soc Trang province).
Specifically, every day, the store regularly mixes sick pigs and chickens with a foul smell to bring them to Fresh Shop and force employees to sell them to the market in Soc Trang. In particular, according to this article, the pieces of sick pigs and chickens look horrible (with bumps, seeds, abscesses, pus, and even the pieces of sick pigs that have been cut off have a foul smell and are swarming with flies, but they are still sent to Fresh Shop to sell.
Realizing that this is a very serious issue related to food safety and to CP Vietnam Joint Stock Company, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine has directed departments and units to go to the scene to check the information for timely handling.
On the afternoon of May 30, 2025, the Interdisciplinary Inspection Team of Soc Trang province inspected the CP food store belonging to CP Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company in My Xuyen town, My Xuyen district, Soc Trang province.
During the inspection, the interdisciplinary team found that the pork products sold at the store had the veterinary industry's slaughter control stamp. The store presented all invoices and documents related to the origin of the food. The team did not discover any products of sick pigs or sick chickens with foul odors or expired products.
However, the food safety certificate of the above business location has expired; at the same time, the original business registration certificate and food safety training certificate of the owner and sales staff have not been presented.
The inspection team shall make a record of inspection and temporary detention of the items being traded at the facility at the time of inspection, seal them and hand them over to the facility owner for safekeeping, the quantity and type of items according to the Temporary Detention Record 01/BB-TG, dated May 30, 2025 of the Inspection Team./.
According to Vietnam+
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