Mentan Suswono Pimpin Pemusnahan 7,4 Ton Daging Celeng
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Destroys Illegal Swine Meat
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jum'at, 18 Juli 2014
Foto: bantenposnews.com

Cilegon (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian Suswono memimpin pemusnahan 7.400 kg daging celeng yang rencananya akan dioplos dengan daging sapi di Kota Cilegon, Provinsi Banten, Rabu.

Siaran pers Kementerian Pertanian RI menyatakan, daging celeng itu merupakan hasil dari dua kali penangkapan selama kurun 5 Juli 2014 sebanyak 4,5 ton dan 8 Juli 2014 sebanyak 2,9 ton.

Mentan mengatakan pemusnahan itu dilakukan dengan cara membakar seluruh daging celeng. 

Daging celeng itu merupakan hasil dari dua kali penangkapan selama kurun 5 Juli 2014 sebanyak 4,5 ton dan 8 Juli 2014 sebanyak 2,9 ton.

Sementara itu, rincian tindakan karantina dari tahun 2012 hingga 10 Juli 2014 di Cilegon adalah 25.413 kg dan di Lampung sebesar 34.105 kg.

"Angka yang meningkat itu apakah tahun lalu banyak daging yang lolos atau memang volumenya baru sedikit."

"Masyarakat juga diharapkan waspada terhadap peredaran daging celeng," kata dia.

Selama periode Januari-Juli 2014, Badan Karantina Pertanian telah melakukan 19 kali penggagalan upaya penyelundupan daging babi hutan di Cilegon dan Lampung. 


Cilegon, Banten (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Suswono accompanied by regional officials seized and destroyed 7.4 tons of illegal swine meat in Cilegon, Banten, on Wednesday.

The meat was destroyed in an incinerator, belonging to the Agricultural Quarantine Office of Cilegon. The 7.4 tons of meat was confiscated in the course of two raids.

The first arrest, with a volume of 4,555 kilograms, was made on July 5, 2014, while the second arrest, with a volume of 2,918 kilogram, was made on July 8, 2014.

The quarantine office in Lampung, Sumatra, meanwhile, had confiscated 34,105 kilograms of swine meat till July 2014, he said. Until now, the Lampung quarantine has seized 5,700 kilograms of pork.

He said that during the period January-July 2014, the quarantine office had foiled nine smuggling attempts of pork. 

He said that the meat had been smuggled from Sumatra to Java. The total volumes of meat confiscated by the quarantine office from 2012 to July 2014 stood at 25,413 kilograms.
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