Mrs Brinda Ramaswamy, the principal investigator and investigators Dr Harris Neeliah and Mr Kamlesh Boodhoo presented the research findings of an MRC funded project on the broiler supply chain on 11 Oct 2013 at the MRC, Ebene. The half day workshop was attended by about 40 people from a range of stakeholders, namely the private sector ( FAIL, INNODIS, LFL, AVIPRO, etc) the Government services ( STATISTICS OFFICE), and AREU among others. In the discussion session, some points raised were namely: the possible impact of liberalisation of the import of chicken meat, the food safety of locally sold chicken, the waste disposal systems of the poultry industry, the need for veterinary inspection of chicken meat at slaughter houses, the impact of non specific diseases caused by E.Coli, Campylobacter was stressed, the illegal slaughtering of chicken, the price spikes of the feed ingredients.
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| Mrs B.Ramasawmy and Mr K.Boodhoo of the Faculty of Agriculture, in absentia Dr Neeliah |
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| The principal investigator, Mrs B. Ramasawmy being interviewed by the local broadcasting news agency (MBC) A resume of the findings can be read below. |
