Pig farm owners in Dong Nai Province last Friday had a meeting with the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade to further discuss the possibility of cooperation in tracking the origin of pork.
Pig farm owners in Dong Nai Province last Friday had a meeting with the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade to further discuss the possibility of cooperation in tracking the origin of pork.
The cooperation between the city and the neighboring province to check the origin of pork is expected to help secure outlets for pig farming households in the province.
As complained by farm owners and traders, pigs shipped from the southeastern province into the city have recently faced a slew of difficulties in consumption due to a lack of traceability information.
Nguyen Tri Cong, chairman of the Dong Nai Livestock Association, said the association has expressed support for a pork origin tracking project of the city and will cooperate with the city authorities to deal with the above issue.
The province provides around 5,000 pigs a day for the city, meeting around 50% of daily demand there, Cong added.
Temporarily, the association will give codes of pig breeding farms to the city for pre-control activities before the relevant sides sit down together for the cooperation plan to monitor the origin of pork, Cong added.
The municipal department from December 16 last year launched the pork origin tracking project via a mobile app at nearly 350 selling points around the city.
Consumers could check pork information including slaughterhouses, breeding farms and distribution facilities with a free Te-food app on their smartphones at www.te-food.com, or use devices set up at markets.
(Source:SGT)
