Evaluation Environnementale et Sanitaire des Aires d’Abattage à l’Heure de Covid-19 Situées dans la Commune de Matete Ville-Province de Kinshasa (RD Congo)
Publisher: Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
Author(s): Umba M. Joachim, Kumple M. Placide, Maleke M. Jean-Pierre, and Metana M. Marlène
Date: 2020
Topics: Assessment, Public Health
Countries: Congo (DRC)
In an increasingly interconnected world, prevention against the risks of food-related diseases is the subject of debate. Food quality control is becoming a public health issue. Being of animal origin, Covid-19 which, as such is an emerging zoonosis, has aroused great scientific interest. The fundamental question that arises is to know whether in certain developing countries the chain which goes from the farmer-breeder, to the slaughterhouses as well as to the distribution chain is subject to strict marking. What could be the hygiene rules in slaughterhouses in some countries such as DR Congo? this proposes to assess, make an inventory of the slaughter areas of the Municipality of Matete and popularize the rules of health security because the meat slaughtered in here is exposed to microorganisms. They emerge that the slaughtering in the Municipality of Matete is characterized by major failures concerning mainly veterinary and medical control, hygiene (of the personnel, the place of slaughter and the equipment used), the fight against pests, the absence of blood collection system and pre-treatment of wastewater, the direct discharge of these effluents into the water environment, thus seriously affecting the environment.