Ho Chi Minh City seizes 1.3 tonnes of poultry without quarantine certificates

At around midnight on Thursday, an inter-agency inspection team responsible for animal disease prevention and slaughter control inspected vehicles transporting animals and animal products on National Highway 22 in Cu Chi Commune, Ho Chi Minh City.

The team found that driver P.V.U. was transporting 385 Muscovy ducks and 120 chickens, weighing around 1.3 tonnes in total, from Dong Nai City to Ho Chi Minh City for consumption.

The driver said the entire shipment lacked animal quarantine certificates required for transport out of the province.

The inspection team issued an administrative violation report against the driver for transporting animals without the required quarantine certificates.

The entire poultry shipment was taken to the Hoc Mon Animal Quarantine Station for inspection and sampling for avian influenza testing.

Earlier, in the early hours of October 25, the Thu Duc Animal Quarantine Station coordinated with the Rach Chiec Traffic Police Team to inspect three vehicles transporting animals and animal products into Ho Chi Minh City on National Highway 1.

The authorities found that the three trucks were carrying nearly one tonne of pork, beef, cattle by-products and slaughtered goat meat from Dong Nai to Ho Chi Minh City for consumption without quarantine certificates.

All three drivers subsequently voluntarily requested the destruction of the entire shipments.