Sana'a - Saba:
The Office of the Slaughterhouses and Meat Markets Corporation in the Capital Sana'a has intensified its efforts and preparations to prepare public slaughterhouses to receive sacrificial animals and provide the best services to citizens.
The office developed an early preparedness plan and announced the readiness of slaughterhouses and their willingness to provide services to all beneficiaries.
This includes the central slaughterhouse in Dar Salm and the model slaughterhouse in Nuqum, primarily for large slaughterhouses, as well as other livestock. Sub-slaughterhouses in the districts include Shu'ub, Jawlat Taiz, Dhafar, Haddah, Sana'a, al-Tahrir, Street 20, Daris, Beit al-Noum, and al-Rawdah.
The preparedness plan included providing all facilities and qualified personnel to the central and sub-slaughterhouses, enabling them to perform their services efficiently and in accordance with health standards. Preventive measures were also implemented to ensure the safety of slaughtered animals and their suitability for human consumption.
The Slaughterhouses Office in the Capital Sana'a has also prepared three daily work programs during Eid al-Adha for inspection and veterinary inspection teams at all the capital's main ports, the central slaughterhouse, and the slaughterhouse areas in the districts. This is part of a general plan to preserve livestock, implement approved health regulations and conditions, combat violations, and improve the environmental situation.
The plan includes a mechanism for regulating the reception of all sacrificial animals from citizens, associations, and organizations, enhancing health oversight of livestock and ensuring their safety before and after slaughter, and monitoring field inspection teams to detect violations related to the slaughter of young and female livestock, as well as random slaughter in streets and neighborhoods, in coordination with the directorates, Slaughterhouses Office branches, and security agencies.
In this regard, Ahmed Idris, Director of the Slaughterhouses and Meat Markets Corporation Office in the Capital Sana'a, confirmed to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that 12 slaughterhouses have been equipped to receive and slaughter Eid sacrifices according to health and safety standards. They also inspect slaughtered animals before and after slaughter, and dispose of slaughter waste in a safe and sanitary manner.
He pointed out that all slaughterhouse needs, including equipment, cleaning tools, inspection, sterilization, and water, have been provided. Qualified workers and veterinarians are also on hand to inspect the sacrificial animals and ensure their safety and freedom from any infectious diseases.
To preserve cleanliness and the environment, Idris called on citizens to take advantage of these slaughterhouses and refrain from slaughtering their animals in the streets and neighborhoods. This is to preserve public hygiene and prevent the spread of diseases caused by waste. He emphasized that field campaigns will be implemented to detect any violations.
He also noted the need to enhance community awareness by distributing brochures and posters to citizens, informing them of the conditions for sacrificial animals, the health of sacrificial animals, the proper handling of their meat, the conditions for sacrificial animals, and the importance of slaughtering in official slaughterhouses and maintaining cleanliness.
The Director of the Slaughterhouses Office addressed the inspection efforts during the first quarter of 2025, including field campaigns targeting 15,988 meat shops and centers across the Capital Secretariat's various districts. During these campaigns, 376 reports were issued for various violations, 52 violations were referred to the Public Prosecution, 38 heads of cattle and 255 poultry were confiscated and destroyed, 63 weight violations were detected, and 39 execution certificates and destruction reports were issued.
He reported that Sana'a Slaughterhouses Corporation branch conducted field inspections last year to prevent the slaughter of female and young livestock. These campaigns included 2,495 shops and 857 restaurants. 560 violations were detected, 46 violations were referred to the Public Prosecution, 29 female livestock were confiscated, and 16 shops were subject to administrative closure.
Idris explained that a project to rehabilitate and maintain the slaughterhouse at the central slaughterhouse in Dar Salm has been implemented, at a cost of 61 million and 263 thousand YER, funded by the Agricultural and Fisheries Projects Financing Unit in the Capital Sana'a. He also indicated that a contract was signed for the project to purchase and supply equipment and machinery for the slaughterhouse at the central slaughterhouse, at a cost of 82 million YER.
He noted that a project to maintain and rehabilitate the feed factory at the central slaughterhouse in Dar Salm is currently underway, at a cost of 128 million and 690 thousand YER, funded by the Agricultural Projects Unit.
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