Samut Sakhon, June 10 – Department of Livestock Development together with local customs Raids on cold storage in Samut Sakhon Found frozen pork and offal. smuggling from abroad The total weight of more than 10 tons, therefore all seized. Prepare to send the police to prosecute them decisively.
Mr. Somchuan Veterinarian Rattana Mangkhalanon Director-General of the Department of Livestock Development revealed that he received a report from Veterinarian Chutipon Mongkolrat, Director of the Inspector and Quarantine Division. that the Inspector and Detention Task Force has been continuously monitoring and secret investigations to prevent and suppress illegal meat smuggling Animal Epidemic Act B.E. may hide smuggled pork from foreign countries
Inspector and Quarantine Special Task Force therefore joining forces with police officers from the Crime Suppression Division on Consumer Protection (PorKorPhor.), Central Investigation Bureau and local customs officials Inspected the said cold storage and found 5 items of frozen meat, offal and trimmings of pork, which on the side of the box indicated the origin of production from Italy, Germany and Brazil, suspected of being smuggled without permission from the Department of Livestock Development. 10,458 kg
Initially, the competent official asked to check the documents for permission to import carcasses. Documents for permission to move carcasses and certificate of animal carcass hygiene Cold storage operators are yet to be shown. therefore seized all the media Including collecting samples from seized pork and offal. Send laboratory tests to find animal epidemic pathogens and residues that may be attached to such products.
Then go to the daily diary as evidence at the Samut Sakhon Police Station. and notify the product owner to present relevant documents within 15 working days. Animal Epidemic Act B.E. 2558, Section 22, prohibits anyone from moving animals or carcasses into the animal epidemic surveillance area without permission. punishable under section 65, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding forty thousand baht or both imprisonment and fine, and Section 31, whoever imports, exports or transits Permission must be obtained from the Director-General or a person assigned by the Director-General for each importation. Export or transit through the Kingdom Penalty Section 68 shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand baht. or both
Director General of the Department of Livestock Development added that In the past, the Department of Livestock Development strictly and continuously monitored and prevented the smuggling of illegal meat into the kingdom. to prevent the spread of animal epidemics As well as reducing the risk that people will consume livestock products that are of poor quality and substandard. It also protects the farmers who raise animals from illegal meat to interfere with the price or unfairly destroy the domestic market mechanism. as well as instructing all animal quarantine checkpoints and provincial livestock officials District livestock in all areas Coordinate with relevant agencies Regularly and continuously inspect meat outlets across the country. If the perpetrator is found Animal Epidemic Act to strictly enforce the law
If the public wants to report clues about illegal actions in livestock Or more information can be contacted at the district livestock office or the provincial livestock office near the house. or the Department of Livestock Development hotline, call 06 3225 6888, or a cyber livestock inspector, call 0 2501 3473, or notify via Application: DLD 4.0 at any time.- Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency