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FG Distributes Refrigerated Meat Vans For Modern Haulage System

by John Adegwu
January 23, 2023
in Agri Business
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Federal government has flagged -off the distribution of refrigerated meat vans to butchers and meat seller association in move to modernised meat haulage system in Nigeria.

Speaking at the national stakeholders Workshop on Meat Hygiene /Distribution of Refrigerated Meat Vans to Butchers and Meat Seller Association in Abuja recently,  minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, said the quest to address the issues concerning meat haulage was as result of concerns expressed for not ensuring safety of our foods which has caused huge amount of money in foreign exchange and has continued to limit Nigeria’s full participation in trade of most agricultural commodities outside the shores of the country.

He said that meat haulage was the act of transporting meat from one location to another, either within the abattoir premises or between the abattoirs in Nigeria today do not conform to global best practices that guarantees safety for transporters, the carcass and the consumers.

Abubakar pointed out that the practice where carcasses had to be transported on wheel barrows, open vans, pick up vans, among others was undesirable and keep exposing meat to high level contamination and quality being compromised.

Speaking further, the minister stated that the ministry in collaboration with financial institutions and private investors expected that each state of the federation would start with at least five refrigerated meat vans including the one that was donated free from the federal government through the ministry.

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He noted that come May 29th, 2023, anyone caught transporting meat in contravention of the modern meat haulage protocols, would be left with no option than to have his/her carcasses.

Earlier, the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Ernest Umakhihe, represented by the director, Veterinary & Pest Control Services,Dr. Maimuna Habib, said meat hygiene was an important aspect of food safety that should not be handled with kid gloves , nothing that it was in recognition of the perishable nature of meat and meat offal that necessitated the need to improve on the operation of meat processing.

He pointed out that apart from the need to sanitise and bring meat haulage system in international standard, the operation had the potential to create sustainable jobs to youths in Nigeria, adding that it was worthy of note that, few states and investors had already keyed into the roadmap that guaranteed delivery of safe and qualitative meat to consumers.

Umakhihe, however, noted that ministry had contributed to the drafting of the National Food Safety and Quality Bill that had passed third reading at the National Assembly.

In his remarks, the national president of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, commended the minister for the laudable initiative and called for an urgent need to train the association.

 

 

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