Authorities in Mbale
City are concerned with the quality of meat being consumed.
Dr.
Aaron Mulyanyuma the senior assistant town clerk for Northern City Division in
Mbale City says that most meat at the butcheries is displayed in the open
putting the lives of the consumers at risk.
According
to Dr. Mulyanyuma, the meat is exposed to dust and flies which makes it unsafe
for consumption. He wants Ugandan butchers to embrace good meat handling
practices like in neighboring Kenya. He says meat at butcheries in Kenya is
placed in transparent glass cubicles making it safe for consumers.
Michael
Jackson Kisolo a resident of Nakaloke town council in Mbale City has also cast
doubt on the quality of animals being slaughtered at the City abattoir.
According to Kisolo there is need to improve inspection at the abattoir since
any meat bearing a stamp ends up in the butcheries. Kisolo also wants the Mbale
City authorities to come up with a food safety policy to curb cases of illegal
meat that gets to butcheries from rural areas without approval by the health
department.
According to Uganda’s meat inspect code, all
meat shall be inspected by authorized personnel and passed as fit for human
consumption. No butcher will have on his
premises any carcass which has not been inspected and passed as fit for human
consumption by an authorized meat inspector.
The public health meat rules
also state that a person engaged in the handling or transport
of meat shall not permit any part of the meat to come into contact with the
ground and shall take all precautions which in
the opinion of the authority are considered to be reasonably necessary to
prevent the exposure of meat to contamination.
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