The situation of African swine fever is breaking out again in many localities, leading to confusion about the quality of pork in the market when information about the disease of pigs is being leaked to the market. According to the reporter's records, many consumers have become reserved about information about meat of unknown origin, the slaughter process is not guaranteed, while control activities in some areas are still lax. At traditional markets, the buying and selling of pork has become more quiet. Many traders said that these days are much more sluggish than before.
In that context, large livestock businesses that own a closed production chain are said to have the advantage of being able to control the entire process from breeds, feed, veterinary medicine, to slaughter and distribution.
Speaking with Lao Dong, Mr. Pham Van Hoc - Deputy General Director of Dabaco Vietnam Group Joint Stock Company said: "In this context, pig farming units in general are affected and consumers have the right to worry. But please rest assured, we do not avoid the epidemic but have built a retaining wall for it for a long time.
We do not wait for a new epidemic to respond, we put biosafety at the core principle, the "protection wall" operating throughout the system. Therefore, while the market is volatile, Dabaco is still safe and the supply chain is still seamless".
The closed-ring model is showing clear efficiency in the current period of instability. Many experts believe that this is a "safe buffer zone" to help businesses protect products, while contributing to maintaining market confidence.
According to Mr. Hoc, the group always directly directs and requires all livestock units to tighten epidemic prevention procedures, raise the biological warning level to the highest level and maintain 24/7 supervision in all regions and farms. The two-way information system is always activated to ensure that all directives and developments are identified and handled promptly, safely and appropriately by the person with the highest responsibility. At the same time, deploy a multi-layered biosafety system, strictly control people and vehicles entering and leaving, absolutely isolate new livestock and do not import pigs from outside sources.
Dabaco also proactively produced the African swine fever vaccine ASF to help the pigs be fully vaccinated, creating an "internal Campaign" layer, not affected by the epidemic.
In addition to epidemic prevention, the issue of traceability is also being focused on. Some businesses, including Dabaco, have applied the QR code system on product packaging as a way to give consumers the right to check and take full responsibility for each product. This not only creates a protective layer but also serves as a basis for rebuilding trust due to incidents related to dirty meat and infected meat in the past.
"To make consumers believe, first of all, businesses must act transparently and dare to set standards higher than those, that is the way we have been doing to protect market confidence.
In the context of many concerns about the market about epidemics and pork quality, we do not choose to reassure them with words, but with specific, practical and long-term actions. We clearly understand that consumer confidence cannot be borrowed, cannot be communicated smoothly, it must be accumulated from transparency, stability and consistency in quality," said Mr. Hoc.
