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City pushed to handle fowl abattoir issue thoroughly
Indah Setiawati , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 04/19/2010 11:22 AM | City
The city administration faces several challenges in carrying out the controversial plan to centralize poultry abattoirs, to serve as a role model for other cities, an expert said Saturday.
As of this month, almost 100 owners of poultry-related businesses have voluntarily registered for relocation to the five appointed abattoirs, the administration says.
Poultry expert Niken Ulupi from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, said the administration needed to prioritize the interests of the owners of slaughterhouses and pounds who supporting the move to centralization, to encourage others to follow suit.
?If the city doesn?t treat them well it will jeopardize the relocation plan,? she told The Jakarta Post.
Another important step was that the city had an accurate estimate and data, to ensure the owners of slaughterhouses and pounds that the appointed abattoirs had enough room to accommodate them.
The city plans to close down all private abattoirs operating in the inner city, and has built five new ones to comply with a 2007 bylaw aimed at stemming the spread of the avian influenza virus. The bylaw comes into effect on April 24.
Contacted separately on the weekend, head of husbandry division of the city?s Husbandry, Maritime Affairs and Agriculture Agency Jawilhija said the administration would use a persuasive approach in relocating sprawling slaughterhouses, carrying out the moves in stages until the end of this year.
?We continuously communicate with people at the slaughterhouses, persuading them to move [to one of the five appointed slaughterhouses].? Jawilhija said.
He added that the agency never issued permit for slaughterhouses to operate in the inner city area.
She said as of this month 36 poultry-related businesses had registered for the Rawa Kepiting
slaughterhouse, 30 others in Pulo Gadung and another 30 in Cakung, all in East Jakarta.
Only private slaughterhouse had been appointed in West Jakarta, namely was PT Kartika Eka Dharma, she said. Meanwhile, North Pe-tukangan slaughterhouse in South Jakarta was expected to start operating in October, Jawilhija said.
Up to 600,000 chickens are consumed in Jakarta every day.
According to the agency there are 210 chicken pounds and around 2,000 slaughterhouses in the city.
Jakarta-based chicken vendors have strongly opposed the centralization plan.
Jakarta Poultry Vendors Union (HPUJ) chairwoman Siti Maryam said she did not have data on her fellow chicken pounds who supported the relocation plan, saying that it did not matter for the union.
?We accommodate the greater voice of our fellows who refuse the relocation plan,? she told the Post.
She claimed that other poultry unions outside the city had also refused the plan.
Siti said the city should set hygiene and sanitation standards to be applied at slaughterhouses instead of pushing ahead with the relocation plan.
?If the city really wants to overcome the bird flu problem, officials should empower us by providing free training on hygiene,? she said.
Indah Setiawati , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 04/19/2010 11:22 AM | City
The city administration faces several challenges in carrying out the controversial plan to centralize poultry abattoirs, to serve as a role model for other cities, an expert said Saturday.
As of this month, almost 100 owners of poultry-related businesses have voluntarily registered for relocation to the five appointed abattoirs, the administration says.
Poultry expert Niken Ulupi from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, said the administration needed to prioritize the interests of the owners of slaughterhouses and pounds who supporting the move to centralization, to encourage others to follow suit.
?If the city doesn?t treat them well it will jeopardize the relocation plan,? she told The Jakarta Post.
Another important step was that the city had an accurate estimate and data, to ensure the owners of slaughterhouses and pounds that the appointed abattoirs had enough room to accommodate them.
The city plans to close down all private abattoirs operating in the inner city, and has built five new ones to comply with a 2007 bylaw aimed at stemming the spread of the avian influenza virus. The bylaw comes into effect on April 24.
Contacted separately on the weekend, head of husbandry division of the city?s Husbandry, Maritime Affairs and Agriculture Agency Jawilhija said the administration would use a persuasive approach in relocating sprawling slaughterhouses, carrying out the moves in stages until the end of this year.
?We continuously communicate with people at the slaughterhouses, persuading them to move [to one of the five appointed slaughterhouses].? Jawilhija said.
He added that the agency never issued permit for slaughterhouses to operate in the inner city area.
She said as of this month 36 poultry-related businesses had registered for the Rawa Kepiting
slaughterhouse, 30 others in Pulo Gadung and another 30 in Cakung, all in East Jakarta.
Only private slaughterhouse had been appointed in West Jakarta, namely was PT Kartika Eka Dharma, she said. Meanwhile, North Pe-tukangan slaughterhouse in South Jakarta was expected to start operating in October, Jawilhija said.
Up to 600,000 chickens are consumed in Jakarta every day.
According to the agency there are 210 chicken pounds and around 2,000 slaughterhouses in the city.
Jakarta-based chicken vendors have strongly opposed the centralization plan.
Jakarta Poultry Vendors Union (HPUJ) chairwoman Siti Maryam said she did not have data on her fellow chicken pounds who supported the relocation plan, saying that it did not matter for the union.
?We accommodate the greater voice of our fellows who refuse the relocation plan,? she told the Post.
She claimed that other poultry unions outside the city had also refused the plan.
Siti said the city should set hygiene and sanitation standards to be applied at slaughterhouses instead of pushing ahead with the relocation plan.
?If the city really wants to overcome the bird flu problem, officials should empower us by providing free training on hygiene,? she said.
