Kumasi Abattoir needs GH¢700,000.00 to operate optimally

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• Kofi 13 years ago

  The abbatoir should not be just a commercial venture funded and managed by a bank. The state has a stake in its proper handling if only for the sake of citizens' health insurance and assurance.
  Public health monitoring and c ...
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  The abbatoir should not be just a commercial venture funded and managed by a bank. The state has a stake in its proper handling if only for the sake of citizens' health insurance and assurance.
  Public health monitoring and control in the abbatoir should be properly manned by properly trained and qualified veterinarians and not diploma-holding environmental health staff with less than a year of training in meat inspection, etc. The risks of problems like salmonelosis, anthrax, brucellosis, etc. require adequate and efficient control. Unfortunately, the policy makers are almost nought in knowledge.

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• DAN 13 years ago

  all slaughter houses for cow,pigs and chicken are private owned! Only need to have gov. employees doing inspection duties..Anytime gov is involve(ghana airway,Gia) you have too many Mp's family on payroll! And failure waiting ...
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  all slaughter houses for cow,pigs and chicken are private owned! Only need to have gov. employees doing inspection duties..Anytime gov is involve(ghana airway,Gia) you have too many Mp's family on payroll! And failure waiting to happen.

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• Kentrick Patrick 13 years ago

  Well said!The inspection should be solely the gov't. It is obligatory for a gov't to protect its people. Food is one area;Abattoir. Contaminated foods can have a drastic consequences on productivity. Over to you Joe lartey!

  Well said!The inspection should be solely the gov't. It is obligatory for a gov't to protect its people. Food is one area;Abattoir. Contaminated foods can have a drastic consequences on productivity. Over to you Joe lartey!

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• AKAN-BA 13 years ago

  THIS IS WHERE MAHAMA BELONG NOT THE PRESIDENCY

  THIS IS WHERE MAHAMA BELONG NOT THE PRESIDENCY

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• Mr Green. 13 years ago

  That is one step ahead to progress to handling our food properly.

  That is one step ahead to progress to handling our food properly.

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• Owura- 13 years ago

  Killing of different species on the same property could lead to an outbreak due to cross-contamination. Mayanka needs more than the stated amount unless they want to operate a mediocre slaughter house like they've been doing ...
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  Killing of different species on the same property could lead to an outbreak due to cross-contamination. Mayanka needs more than the stated amount unless they want to operate a mediocre slaughter house like they've been doing over the years. It is incumbent on the governmetn to provide at least one state of the art slaugterhouse facilities for every district and support them with well trained inspection staff and veterinarian for proper hadling of the meat products. We have vultures and crows, pest and vermins that troup to Mayanka everday! The land they have at the Mayanka is too big for the operations being conducted there. What Ghana needs is a very dedicated regulatory agency that will have the independence to regualate the meat industry with a solid mandate of safeguarding our meat and food supply in general. Ghana can consult Canada, USA, EU to get going at this proposal.

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