Vietnam - Hanoi government officials advise consumers not to eat smuggled poultry (presumably from China) due to elevated antibiotic residues and avian flu

[sharon sanders]

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Chickens smuggled residues of banned substances?
12.28.2012 08:39 | Health
(VNA) - The Food Safety Department recommends messages to Consumers not to use Poultry, Poultry products smuggled, of unknown origin, not quarantined.

Department said the testing agency of the Ministry of Health have Discovered in chicken smuggled have many antibiotic residues, chemicals banned from use in animal husbandry.

Using this product will directly affect the health of Consumers. Department of Animal Health, Hanoi, via the 5 samples smuggled Culling Chickens are sold in the market analysis found antibiotic residues detected 100% of the residual sample quality Sulfadiazin. lowest form contents Sulfadiazin being 42.21 g / kg and the highest was 114.92 microg / kg. Compared with the current Regulations on food hygiene and safety, this residual level of 7-19 times higher than the maximum limit allowed. 480 test samples from Chickens smuggled bị hủy presentation Poultry sold at Markets Ha latitude, the Hanoi Department of Animal Health found 44 samples positive for avian influenza virus. This is the germs rằng cause the risk of recurrent outbreaks in Poultry and can spread to the consumer.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Vietnam - Hanoi government officials advise consumers not to eat smuggled poultry (presumably from China) due to elevated antibiotic residues and avian flu

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Disposal of smuggled chicken awash in antibiotics and the H5N1 virus

95% of samples discarded chicken smuggled goods seized were detected residues of antibiotics, harmful to human health. More seriously, 58% of chickens tested positive for the H5N1 virus.

While state waste chicken smuggled from China is still complicated ... is a challenge to the authorities and cause confusion for consumers. 31/1, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan chaired the meeting on the work of preventing illegal chicken.

MARD continuous sampling tests H5N1 avian influenza virus and toxic chemical residues in Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Lang Son. The result was that 20% of chickens and 58% of samples discarded chicken (35/60 samples) tested positive for the H5N1 virus. More hazardous, with 19/20 chicken samples discarded antibiotic residues sulphadiazine, accounting for 95%. At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said: "I go to practice, households in the border say to me is definitely not eat chicken smuggling, the Chinese people across the border, do not eat . Preventing illegal chickens can not delay any more. "

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