More than 26 tonnes of spoiled frozen meat was confiscated by the Animal Movement Crime Suppression Task Force in recent days. The team also seized more than 1,500 live chickens during a traffic stop.
The frozen meat was incinerated at the Dangkor district landfill this morning, September 18.
It was carried out by the task force, who work under the General Directorate of Animal Health and Production, in cooperation with the Phnom Penh Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and with the participation of the Cambodian Livestock Association.
The 26,160 kilogrammes of spoiled goods was seized from two storage locations and one vehicle in Phnom Penh.
Among the seized items were pork backbones, tendons, and fat, as well as chicken wings, minced chicken, beef and pork, and chicken feet.
The live chickens were confiscated after the task force intercepted two vans carrying 167 cages containing 1,670 individual birds, on the evening of September 15.
The vehicles were smuggling the chickens from Vietnam into Cambodia for distribution and sale without official authorisation.
The illegal birds are being kept at quarantine facilities of the animal health directorate, pending legal action.
Source: Sarat Hun
