Recently, there has been a phenomenon of some organizations and individuals transporting red blood cell powder and animal bone powder from Europe (where there is a mad cow epidemic) through the Cambodian border gate by truck or barge into Vietnam.
On May 23, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien signed a series of official dispatches to southern border provinces such as Tay Ninh, Long An, Kien Giang, Dong Thap, Binh Phuoc, and An Giang on Focus on directing and organizing to prevent the illegal transportation of animal products of unknown origin across borders.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through feedback from businesses, recently there has been a phenomenon of some organizations and individuals transporting ruminant products containing meat and bone powder from Europe ( where there is mad cow epidemic) through the Cambodian border gate into Vietnam.
Illegal transportation of animal products of unknown origin, without quarantine certificates, and not allowed into Vietnam seriously affects the domestic livestock industry and people’s health.
Direct local functional forces, especially border guards, to organize and strengthen inspection and control, especially at border gates, trails, openings in border areas, and river routes, etc. to promptly detect and strictly handle violations.
The dispatch also requests an early end to the illegal trade and transportation of animal products of unknown origin, without quarantine certificates, and not allowed to enter Vietnam suspected of being smuggled from Cambodia.
At the same time, assign agencies, functional forces and local police agencies to urgently establish specialized projects, investigate, fight and strictly handle organizations and individuals who assist in legalizing, falsifying or violating regulations on import quarantine documents and quarantine documents transported out of provincial areas.