Mr. Laftit: 30 million dirhams allotted to the reform of slaughterhouses in a number of municipalities

“A standard and unified imaginative and prescient for the reform of the slaughterhouse sector is being developed, based mostly on convergence with sectoral insurance policies and aimed on the complete rehabilitation of all present slaughterhouses, together with these situated within the weekly souks” , stated Mr. Laftit who was responding to an oral query within the Home of Representatives.

The minister additionally recalled the holding of communication conferences to publicize the conclusions of the grasp plan for rural slaughterhouses and livestock markets and to boost consciousness amongst regional and provincial authorities of the significance of slaughterhouses and the constraints that hinder their growth.

And to proceed that these conferences had been sanctioned by the closure of a number of rural slaughterhouses which didn’t respect the mandatory well being and hygiene situations, specifying on this regard that the ministry offered monetary help for the good thing about the municipalities, equal to the monetary sources which had been collected by these slaughterhouses.

In the identical sense, Mr. Laftit famous that his division contributed to the financing of the brand new slaughterhouse within the provinces of Rabat Salé Skhirat, constructed in response to worldwide requirements, including that the ministry will work as rapidly as doable to construct and rehabilitate slaughterhouses. in all areas of the Kingdom.

Moreover, the minister indicated that the present variety of slaughterhouses in Morocco is 180 in city areas, and almost 750 in rural areas, permitting the manufacturing of greater than 300,000 tons of meat yearly.