Seminar improves hygiene safety for animal husbandry
(VOV) - A seminar was held in HCM City on October 11 by the Animal Husbandry Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to increase hygiene safety in the breeding sector.
The event is part of a fair, exhibition and international seminar for the breeding and processing sectors that is taking place from October 10-12.
Currently, the value of animal husbandry products account for nearly 30 percent of agricultural input costs, and the figure is predicted to reach 42 percent by 2020.
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Under the MARD’s breeding strategy, the sector will annually produce 5.5 million tonnes of meat, 14 billion eggs and 1 million tonnes of milk by 2020.
Participants said that to reach these goals, the sector needs to shift traditional breeding models to more modern methods which stringently manage processing to ensure the quality of products for consumers.
Accordingly, breeders are required to strictly control epidemics and input products such as breeding stock and animal feeds.
Hoang Kim Giao, Head of the Animal Husbandry Department, said it is essential to share experience in building farms, ensure healthy breeding stock and feed, and guide breeders to properly implement new breeding processes.
If integrity is maintained in terms of bio-safety, slaughtering, processing, transport and delivery, the sector will be confident in providing consumers with safe products that have positive benefits for human health, he said.