A town government in Guangdong supports the monopoly of pig slaughtering, resulting in the soaring price of local meat

Introduction: from March 6 to 7 this year, Xiaqiao town government of Xuwen County and pig law enforcement team of the county came to the gate of the slaughterhouse of Xiaqiao town supply and Marketing Co., Ltd to remove 800 kg of raw pork, because the pork was not quarantined Of course, pig quarantine is necessary Why is this batch of pork not quarantined? The government ordered that the slaughterhouse of the supply and marketing cooperatives should not be quarantined The leaders of the town government led a meeting with leaders of Xiaqiao animal husbandry station, Xiaqiao food station, Xiaqiao police station and other units to attend a few days before the slaughterhouse of the supply and marketing cooperatives was closed It was announced that Xiaqiao animal husbandry station was not allowed to send quarantine officers to the slaughterhouse of Xiaqiao supply and marketing cooperatives Then for several days, the county pig law enforcement team came to guard around the slaughterhouse of the supply and marketing cooperatives, either to prevent quarantine personnel from entering the site, or to "enforce the law" as soon as the slaughtered pork was found In this way, the slaughterhouse of the supply and marketing agency that slaughtered more than 20 pigs every day had to be closed The price of meat and taxes rose in response The residents of the butcher were dissatisfied with the administrative intervention of the town government, which made pork become a sole operation of the town food station from the original slaughterhouse and food station of the supply and marketing society, while the town food station took the opportunity to raise the price of pork On March 6, the price of lean meat in Xiaqiao market was increased from 14 to 16 yuan per kilogram before March 5 The price of ribs was increased from 16 to 18 yuan per kilogram to 26 yuan per kilogram What's more, on March 6, two slaughterhouses of the supply and marketing cooperatives and the food station collected taxes from meat sellers from 75 yuan to 105 yuan There are 50 butcher households in Xiaqiao market, 43 of which have not been doing business since March 6, and the public is dissatisfied with this After receiving the complaint, the reporter went to the scene and confirmed the above situation Groundless land policy in law In Xiaqiao Town, the reporter also found that the town government issued and posted the "notice on strengthening the management of pig slaughtering" and "Regulations on the management of pig slaughtering and meat market in Xiaqiao town" First, from March 6, 2002, all pig meat within the scope of Xiaqiao town was purchased, slaughtered, wholesale and traded by the slaughterhouse of Xiaqiao food branch 2、 Except for the slaughterhouse of Xiaqiao food branch, other pig purchase, slaughtering, wholesale and trading sites within Xiaqiao town will be closed from March 6, 2002 The circular and documents are said to be based on the spirit of documents such as the regulations of the State Council on the administration of pig slaughtering and the regulations of Guangdong Province on the administration of pig slaughtering and in combination with the "actual situation" of the town The reporter then found these documents and found that Xiaqiao town's practice was just contrary to the spirit of these documents In 1998, the two documents issued by the State Council and the provincial government did not restrict one department from slaughtering but another department from slaughtering Instead, they emphasized the cleaning and rectification of slaughterhouses that did not meet the national standards Neither the food sector nor the supply and marketing cooperatives could violate the national regulations Obviously, the "designated slaughter" of pigs implemented by the state is not "exclusive operation" Yue Fu Ban [1986] No 184 notice on Several Issues concerning the implementation of the pig policy emphasizes that the establishment of slaughterhouses and points for state-owned food, supply and marketing cooperatives, agriculture and industry and commerce must be convenient for the masses and reasonable layout Where there are no slaughterhouses in the above three places, other qualified units or cooperative economic organizations shall be allowed to open slaughterhouses The reporter came to Xiaqiao Town Committee and town government for an interview, but the town secretary and the town head all avoided It's not easy to get through their mobile phones The Secretary said it's the matter of the mayor, which has nothing to do with him The mayor said it's what the Secretary and the county food company asked him to do respectively.