The case of C.P Vietnam canceling sick pigs to feed fish: suspected of 'fabricating' stories to appease public opinion?

"Looking at the pig's skin with redness and bleeding like that, it can only be caused by viruses and bacteria. Why can it be processed to feed the fish, it must be destroyed immediately" , Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien said frankly.

According to the report, when two carcasses are suspected of being sick, the facility proposes to apply for heat treatment and change the purpose of use for feeding fish. This is the guidance of the Department of Livestock and Animal Health.

However, when inspecting the facility, the Department of Livestock and Animal Health received a report that "there is no handling record". "The authorities are asking this pig slaughterhouse to clarify and provide full records of handling two carcasses with such a disease," Ms. Thuy said.

The Department of Livestock and Animal Health has directed the Animal Health Sub-Department of Region 7 to coordinate with the Livestock and Veterinary Sub-Departments in the provinces of Soc Trang, Hau Giang, and Can Tho to inspect the establishments and sales of C.P. Vietnam Company in the locality.

"When checking, it was found that there was a phenomenon of expired food safety certificates. Therefore, the inspection team has suggested that the expired establishments must be closed. During the inspection, it was not detected that products were sold that did not meet food safety and hygiene," said Ms. Thuy.

Answering about whether the handling of pigs with signs of disease to feed fish is in accordance with regulations, Ms. Thuy said that at the time of reporting, the facility said that there were only symptoms on the skin, not reporting the disease, so it applied for heat treatment and fed the fish.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Phung Duc Tien affirmed that this treatment process is not correct. According to him, the treatment of infected animals must be by treating lime, chemicals and landfills.

"Looking at the pig's skin with redness and bleeding like that, it can only be caused by viral and bacterial infections. Why can it be processed to feed the fish, it must be destroyed" , Mr. Tien said frankly.

After the information about sick pigs was exposed, some food stores and supermarket chains stopped providing pork products or processed products from C.P. Vietnam. They said they were waiting for an official conclusion from the authorities.

Recently, Mr. L.Q.N. (40 years old, living in My Xuyen district, Soc Trang province) accused on social networks of some serious mistakes of the leaders of C.P. Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company, which occurred at C.P Fresh Shop My Xuyen.

"Every day, the shop regularly mixes sick pigs, sick chickens, and pieces of pork with a foul smell to bring to the Fresh Shop to direct the staff to sell to the market in Soc Trang," Mr. N. said on his social media account.

In the face of worrying information about C.P. Vietnam's pork products, a number of food stores and units using C.P. Vietnam's products as processing materials have announced to temporarily suspend the business of this brand's products. Some other customers reassured consumers about the source of business materials.

For example, a clean food store in Nam Dinh has announced the suspension of trading C.P. products from May 30. This outlet also affirmed that it will temporarily stop supplying products of this brand to customers until receiving an official notice from the competent authorities. After making a specific conclusion, the door will consider and make a decision on whether to continue trading C.P.'s products or not.

"For example, C.P.'s pork products have been trading since the opening of the store (October 2024) until now. The decision to stop selling for the purpose of customers' health is first," the representative of the store added.

Similarly, a pastry hà.ng in Dong Da district (Hanoi) also announced the suspension of selling two products, thousand-layer sausage and cheese sausage bread.

"The door currently uses German Bucher sausages produced by C.P. for 2 products of cheese sausage bread and thousand-layer sausages. We choose products from C.P. because we believe in standard production processes, quality inspection and are widely distributed in large supermarket systems nationwide," said hà.ng.

In the face of the information that is spreading, the door cannot avoid confusion and anxiety. However, because it is directly related to the health of customers, a decision has been made to suspend the business of 2 products using C.P. sausages until the results of inspection and inspection by the authorities, then there will be the next direction of handling.

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