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THE government has
vowed to continue inspecting chicken and related products being imported
into the country to safeguard the health of citizens.
The Permanent
Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries,
Dr Maria Mashingo, made the remarks in Dar es Salaam, yesterday, during a
familiarisation tour at AKM Glitters, organic poultry premises.
"Tanzania is
closely monitoring the country's entrance points and taking measures to
prevent the outbreak of bird flu. The government is taking precautionary
measures to prevent the disease from breaking out.
"Recently, I
visited Mtukula area to observe how the exercise is being conducted. We
control importation of all poultry in the country and the government
always takes necessary measures to protect its people," she affirmed.
The PS applauded
the company's work and expressed her satisfaction with organic chicken
farming, adding that the procedure is environmental friendly. According
to her, as the population increases, areas for farming and animal
keeping decreased and hence encouraged the general public to embrace
scientific farming that uses small portions of land with great results.
"The company's
vision of increasing poultry production goes in line with the
government's livestock strategy, to increase production of poultry and
animals in the country," she noted.
In the coming 15
years, the PS revealed that the price of red meats will be high and
hence the majority will depend on white meat, before urging other
chicken farmers to apply scientific farming procedures in order to
supply the increasing demand.
The AKM Glitters
Managing Director, Ms Elizabeth Swai, said the company is also focused
to expand its services in rural areas to help 'wananchi' as a way
forward to reduce poverty in rural areas.
She said the
company's capacity is to produce 86,000 chicken but currently, it
produces 15,000 chickens per week, adding that with expansion plan in
line, they will be able to produce 100,000 chickens.
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