Ministry of Commerce: strictly prevent human, livestock and poultry from being infected with avian influenza

Introduction: the Ministry of Commerce issued an urgent notice today, requiring the commercial departments at all levels to implement various prevention and control measures at all levels, strengthen the circulation management of livestock and poultry and their products, ensure the safety of meat products, and maintain market stability Recently, some countries and regions have been suffering from highly pathogenic avian influenza, and 5 provinces and regions in China have also suffered from the disease At present, it is the season of migratory birds migration and high incidence of avian influenza, and the situation of prevention and control is grim The State Council previously held a special meeting on the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza to make arrangements for the prevention and control work There is a widespread phenomenon of mixed breeding of poultry and livestock in China's rural breeding industry There is a possibility of poultry pig human infection If there is cross infection of livestock and poultry meat, the avian influenza virus will mutate Special requirements of the emergency notice are to standardize the management of slaughtering of livestock and poultry, and strictly prevent infection among people, livestock and poultry In particular, it is necessary to strengthen the supervision and management of slaughterhouses (factories), do a good job in disease prevention and control and disinfection in advance, strictly prevent the introduction of the disease, and prevent the disease from spreading again through the slaughtering and processing links The circular stressed that commercial departments at all levels should do a good job in monitoring the market of necessities, focusing on monitoring the market prices and changes in supply and demand of white streaked chicken, pig, cattle and mutton, and start the daily system when necessary At the same time, we should further expand the scope of monitoring varieties and strengthen the monitoring of slaughtering enterprises and rural market dynamics In case of abnormal fluctuation of market price and supply, it shall report to the Ministry of commerce immediately The Ministry of commerce also requires all localities to establish a local reserve system for livestock and poultry products as soon as possible to maintain market stability We will further standardize the purchase channels of wholesale and retail enterprises of livestock and poultry, especially in the markets of live livestock, live poultry and birds, strictly enforce the system of asking for certificates and tickets, improve the purchase and sale archives, strengthen the inspection of health, quality and safety, and strictly control market access.