Attention, These Are The Requirements For Selling Sacrificial Animals

Illustration - Officers check the health of sacrificial animals in one of the traders' cages. BETWEEN PHOTOS/Auliya Rahman/tom. (ANTARA PHOTO/AULIYA RAHMAN)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Food, Maritime and Agriculture Security Service (DKPKP) reminded that there are conditions that must be met by the manager of the place for the sale of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid al-Adha 1444 Hijriah.

Head of DKI Jakarta DKKP Suharini Eliawati explained that the first requirement is that no sacrificial animals are infected with mouth and nail disease (PMK) and lumpy skin disease (LSD). "The next condition is that the location of the sale is determined by the mayor/regent, sufficient land and according to the number of animals, as well as shelters with fences or boundaries," said Eli in his statement, Tuesday, June 20.

In addition, the waste of sacrificial animals must also not be removed from the selling site before disinfection or destruction.

Then, where the sale of sacrificial animals is also available quarantine cage facilities for newly admitted livestock, isolation cages for intensive observation during the animal quarantine period, and a conditional cutting place is available to prevent transmission/spread of disease in animals, the environment and humans.

"There are also shelters for waste, materials and disinfection equipment; place for thickening the head, gerood, legs, tail/tails, and bones; as well as burial sites if there are animals that die," he explained.

Eli reminded people who slaughter sacrificial animals not to throw cut waste into the river.

Eli said this appeal had been conveyed to mosque administrators in Jakarta, which is usually the location for slaughtering sacrificial animals when Eid Al-Adha arrives.

"We convey that the mosque committee is obliged to carry out the handling of the waste so as not to be disposed of in the river," said Eli.

Eli also suggested that the meat of the sacrificial animal should not be distributed for more than six hours with the aim of not reducing the quality of the meat.

It is also recommended that the distribution system of sacrificial animals be carried out by providing it directly to the recipient's house. Thus, the community does not struggle at the slaughter location.

"Let the RT RW friends convey, with what hope is that there will be a spread and accuracy of the target," he said.

On the other hand, Eli advised the public to slaughter sacrificial animals in slaughterhouses (RPH). The DKI Provincial Government itself has several RPHs and slaughterhouses (TPH), namely RPH Cakung, RPH Pulogadung, TPH Semanan, and TPH Cilangkap.

"Then we convey that there are locations for mosques that we recommend, or if all of you will hold their own cuts, please let us know what date, so that we can send officers to provide assistance," he said.