Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - The Banjarmasin Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Agency wary circulation of dead chicken (known as tiren) or chicken carcasses sold in the traditional markets here.
Head of the agency Doyo Pundjadi here on Friday said, during Ramadan it will continue touring with the team to conduct raids into several tradisional markets.
In a raid conducted since the beginning of fasting, he added, Banjarmasin city government team still found tiren chicken or chicken carcasses slaughtered, then sold in traditional markets.
"The chickens are sold to be placed in a pile of pieces of healthy chickens," he said.
In addition to the tiren chickens found, added Doyo, the team also discovered the circulation of salted fish using hazardous substances such as formalin.
According Doyo, the invention of tiren chicken and formalined salted fish, after the team do the testing on chickens sold by several vendors in those markets.
Veterinary Medical Office of the municipal government vet Anang Wijatmiko said, by naked eye, tiren chicken have characteristics, such as wings and thighs as well as some parts of the body blue. In addition, also look droop not fresh, and the process of cutting the neck looks neat.
"Usually the dead chicken then just cut, cut will look very neat, because there was no resistance from the chickens," he said.
As for the beef, he added, until now the team has not found the meat containing the disease, the average meat checked in fresh condition and safe.
Likewise with vegetables, the average free of pesticide, so that the public can consume safely.
According to Anang, the team will continue to monitor and check up regularly to markets to ensure there is no longer a merchant who sells chicken carcasses, and not using hazardous substances for preserving wares.
