Recent reports that some butchers selling tuberculosis-infected beef were arrested by officials of the Lagos State Government is not suprising against d backdrop of d fact dat much of d meat sold nd consumed by d pple is hardly inspected. Meat is often exposed and sold in d most unhygienic condition as public health inspectors hardly do their job.The discovery alone is frightening considering d gravity of d hazard on public health. Tuberculosis(TB) is a highly contagious nd debilitating disease that shld nt be toyed with.
From that consideratn, steps shld be taken to unravel the source of d meat nd the chain of distribution. Measures shld b put in place to ensure that such unwhole-some slip does not hpn again. The existence of illegal nd unapproved slaughter slabs is at d root of this problem.
Government has done much to dissuade butchers 4rm slaughtering infected animals, which Lagos State officials said has stopped in the over 20 approved slabs where veterinary doctors examine animals before slaughtering.
Unfortunately, that is not d case at d illegal slabs.while it is the duty of government to protect the citizenry, people shld also guard against esposing themselves to contaminated food products.
For some time now, the poor condition of abattiors in Lagos has taken d front burner.
Alarm has been raised in some cases about d filthy condition of most abattiors where livestock consumed by d populace are slaughtered.
Lack of regulation nd supervision is also a problem. It is d duty of local councils to oversee abattoirs. Each local council has a supevisory councillor in charge of public health nd there officials whose duty it is to ensure that the abattiors are kept clean, and unhealthy animals are not slaughtered for public consumption. The Lagos State Government should identify those officials who have failed to do their job in the extant case nd have them sanctioned appropriately. Nairalanders it is up 2 us.let find a solution to dis problem, we r d pple suffering 4rm dis disease.[img]Recent reports that some butchers selling tuberculosis-infected beef were arrested by officials of the Lagos State Government is not suprising against d backdrop of d fact dat much of d meat sold nd consumed by d pple is hardly inspected. Meat is often exposed and sold in d most unhygienic condition as public health inspectors hardly do their job.The discovery alone is frightening considering d gravity of d hazard on public health. Tuberculosis(TB) is a highly contagious nd debilitating disease that shld nt be toyed with.
From that consideratn, steps shld be taken to unravel the source of d meat nd the chain of distribution. Measures shld b put in place to ensure that such unwhole-some slip does not hpn again. The existence of illegal nd unapproved slaughter slabs is at d root of this problem.
Government has done much to dissuade butchers 4rm slaughtering infected animals, which Lagos State officials said has stopped in the over 20 approved slabs where veterinary doctors examine animals before slaughtering.
Unfortunately, that is not d case at d illegal slabs.while it is the duty of government to protect the citizenry, people shld also guard against esposing themselves to contaminated food products.
For some time now, the poor condition of abattiors in Lagos has taken d front burner.
Alarm has been raised in some cases about d filthy condition of most abattiors where livestock consumed by d populace are slaughtered.
Lack of regulation nd supervision is also a problem. It is d duty of local councils to oversee abattoirs. Each local council has a supevisory councillor in charge of public health nd there officials whose duty it is to ensure that the abattiors are kept clean, and unhealthy animals are not slaughtered for public consumption. The Lagos State Government should identify those officials who have failed to do their job in the extant case nd have them sanctioned appropriately. Nairalanders it is up 2 us.let find a solution to dis problem, we r d pple suffering 4rm dis disease.[/img]Recent reports that some butchers selling tuberculosis-infected beef were arrested by officials of the Lagos State Government is not suprising against d backdrop of d fact dat much of d meat sold nd consumed by d pple is hardly inspected. Meat is often exposed and sold in d most unhygienic condition as public health inspectors hardly do their job.The discovery alone is frightening considering d gravity of d hazard on public health. Tuberculosis(TB) is a highly contagious nd debilitating disease that shld nt be toyed with.
From that consideratn, steps shld be taken to unravel the source of d meat nd the chain of distribution. Measures shld b put in place to ensure that such unwhole-some slip does not hpn again. The existence of illegal nd unapproved slaughter slabs is at d root of this problem.
Government has done much to dissuade butchers 4rm slaughtering infected animals, which Lagos State officials said has stopped in the over 20 approved slabs where veterinary doctors examine animals before slaughtering.
Unfortunately, that is not d case at d illegal slabs.while it is the duty of government to protect the citizenry, people shld also guard against esposing themselves to contaminated food products.
For some time now, the poor condition of abattiors in Lagos has taken d front burner.
Alarm has been raised in some cases about d filthy condition of most abattiors where livestock consumed by d populace are slaughtered.
Lack of regulation nd supervision is also a problem. It is d duty of local councils to oversee abattoirs. Each local council has a supevisory councillor in charge of public health nd there officials whose duty it is to ensure that the abattiors are kept clean, and unhealthy animals are not slaughtered for public consumption. The Lagos State Government should identify those officials who have failed to do their job in the extant case nd have them sanctioned appropriately. Nairalanders it is up 2 us.let find a solution to dis problem, we r d pple suffering 4rm dis disease.

In lagos, we have lots of dirty abattiors thatpay attention to the health of Nigerians. They just throw the meat on dirty floor and end up with opinion that the meat will be washed and cooked. I just pity people that end up buying cheap food that will definitely kill them.