Unequipped Documents, 250 Kg Of Eggs From East Java Destroyed By Timika Agricultural Quarantine

Timika Agricultural Quarantine Office officers destroyed 250 kilograms of eggs from Tulungagung, East Java. (HO-Humas Timika Agricultural Quarantine Office)

CENTRAL PAPUA - Timika Agricultural Quarantine Office in Central Papua Province, destroyed 250 kilograms (kg) of eggs from Tulungagung, East Java (East Java). The responsibility for the destruction of the Timika drh Agricultural Quarantine Office. Stepanus said the eggs were destroyed because they did not have a health certificate document for animal products. "We destroyed 250 kilograms of eggs consisting of 50 kilograms of duck eggs, 50 kilograms of chicken eggs and 150 kilograms of bird eggs," he said in Timika, Thursday, December 7, which was confiscated by Antara. According to him, his party has detained the carrier media in the form of eggs, as well as provided an opportunity for the owner to complete the document but it cannot be fulfilled, so it must be destroyed by burning and then buried. "We took firm action to destroy the carrier media in anticipation of the spread of the Quarantine Animal Disease Pest (HPHK) in Mimika Regency," he said.

He explained that his party hopes that through this firm action, the public can understand that completing documents becomes a special quarantine procedure and requirement for animal products, plants and their derivatives. "We hope that people who will bring animal product media, plants and their derivatives must prepare quarantine documents so that they are not destroyed in the destination area," he said. He added, if the public finds a media carrier without documents, they can report to the Timika Agricultural Quarantine Office or officers in the work area of Moses Kilangin Airport or Poumako Seaport. "Our officers are in the work area of Moses Kilangin Airport and also Poumako Timika Seaport to maintain the flow of traffic of carrier media entering Mimika Regency," he said.