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"A tremendous focus to generate outbreaks of bird flu": Authorities on alert for illegal sale of unhealthy chickens
03 apr. 2023 - 00:52 hrs.
What happened?
Birds for human consumption, raised in clandestine operations , which today are offered at almost three times less than the average price. A lucrative business outside the law that today, with regard to bird flu, alerts the authorities and consumers .
birds for sale
Undoubtedly, one of the foods always present in hundreds of street food carts that are located in different parts of Santiago, are birds.
A food whose consumption grows more every day in public fairs and sectors close to the central Vega .
This becomes an illegal market that is difficult to combat, which risks people's health, and which is becoming more important today, given the threat of bird flu.
This is due to the questionable hygiene and origin of the birds for sale, some of which are even treated with toxic dyes, as is the case of those who dye them with tartrazine so that they acquire a more yellowish color, and In this way, they attract the consumer.
It is worth saying that the price of these chickens is almost three times less than what they have in supermarkets and the rest of the established trade . Something that, in times of economic crisis, clearly tempts buyers looking for convenient prices.
Regarding this type of business, the Metropolitan Health Seremi, Gonzalo Soto , warned that " the sale of birds on the street and clandestinely is a risk to public health ", also noting that this "is the tip of the iceberg of different illegalities what's behind".
clandestine work
The Meganoticias reporting team managed to locate the place where these unhealthy birds come from, which end up being sold in La Vega. The La Islita sector, in the Isla de Maipo commune, is where the clandestine work is located .
In this regard, a neighbor who preferred to keep her identity, stated that it is "very filthy, very filthy because they do it (the work) outside, in the patios, in their house or in any room just like that and we go fishing. So they enter like Pedro, Juan and Diego, the dog, the cat and the mouse. Because where I worked, the dogs ate the guts there."
In addition, he denounced that clandestine work has grown to such a level that its waste is contaminating different sectors of the neighborhood .
"The stench of burnt feathers. The stench of rottenness, putrefied death, those are foci from there, from the people who are working. So that deteriorates, forming foci of bad infection, bad odors. Sacks of guts, sacks of feather thrown away. They threw away chicken guts, feathers and everything, and there it is... La Islita has become this," he closed.
bird flu outbreak
Beyond the health concerns faced by people who could consume these unhealthy birds, currently, the authorities also put their care at risk, which represents the creation of a focus of avian flu as a result of this illegal business.
Regarding the above, Juan Pablo Olave , mayor of Isla de Maipo, indicated that " it is the perfect storm to generate an outbreak of avian flu. And of course, clandestine, unregulated, unregulated slaughter is a tremendous focus to be able to generate outbreaks of avian flu. Which also worries us greatly and I imagine that the health authority even more so".
Along the same lines, the Metropolitan Health Department added that "regarding bird flu, it is important to note that all these chickens that are sold clandestinely on the street come from illegal slaughterhouses . Where there is no SAG supervision regarding knowing if these birds are healthy and there is no sanitary supervision carried out by the Seremi de Salud".
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https://www.meganoticias.cl/nacional/410387-venta-de-pollos-tenidos-foco-de-gripe-aviar-03-04-2023.html
03 apr. 2023 - 00:52 hrs.
What happened?
Birds for human consumption, raised in clandestine operations , which today are offered at almost three times less than the average price. A lucrative business outside the law that today, with regard to bird flu, alerts the authorities and consumers .
birds for sale
Undoubtedly, one of the foods always present in hundreds of street food carts that are located in different parts of Santiago, are birds.
A food whose consumption grows more every day in public fairs and sectors close to the central Vega .
This becomes an illegal market that is difficult to combat, which risks people's health, and which is becoming more important today, given the threat of bird flu.
This is due to the questionable hygiene and origin of the birds for sale, some of which are even treated with toxic dyes, as is the case of those who dye them with tartrazine so that they acquire a more yellowish color, and In this way, they attract the consumer.
It is worth saying that the price of these chickens is almost three times less than what they have in supermarkets and the rest of the established trade . Something that, in times of economic crisis, clearly tempts buyers looking for convenient prices.
Regarding this type of business, the Metropolitan Health Seremi, Gonzalo Soto , warned that " the sale of birds on the street and clandestinely is a risk to public health ", also noting that this "is the tip of the iceberg of different illegalities what's behind".
clandestine work
The Meganoticias reporting team managed to locate the place where these unhealthy birds come from, which end up being sold in La Vega. The La Islita sector, in the Isla de Maipo commune, is where the clandestine work is located .
In this regard, a neighbor who preferred to keep her identity, stated that it is "very filthy, very filthy because they do it (the work) outside, in the patios, in their house or in any room just like that and we go fishing. So they enter like Pedro, Juan and Diego, the dog, the cat and the mouse. Because where I worked, the dogs ate the guts there."
In addition, he denounced that clandestine work has grown to such a level that its waste is contaminating different sectors of the neighborhood .
"The stench of burnt feathers. The stench of rottenness, putrefied death, those are foci from there, from the people who are working. So that deteriorates, forming foci of bad infection, bad odors. Sacks of guts, sacks of feather thrown away. They threw away chicken guts, feathers and everything, and there it is... La Islita has become this," he closed.
bird flu outbreak
Beyond the health concerns faced by people who could consume these unhealthy birds, currently, the authorities also put their care at risk, which represents the creation of a focus of avian flu as a result of this illegal business.
Regarding the above, Juan Pablo Olave , mayor of Isla de Maipo, indicated that " it is the perfect storm to generate an outbreak of avian flu. And of course, clandestine, unregulated, unregulated slaughter is a tremendous focus to be able to generate outbreaks of avian flu. Which also worries us greatly and I imagine that the health authority even more so".
Along the same lines, the Metropolitan Health Department added that "regarding bird flu, it is important to note that all these chickens that are sold clandestinely on the street come from illegal slaughterhouses . Where there is no SAG supervision regarding knowing if these birds are healthy and there is no sanitary supervision carried out by the Seremi de Salud".
:tiphat:
https://www.meganoticias.cl/nacional/410387-venta-de-pollos-tenidos-foco-de-gripe-aviar-03-04-2023.html
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