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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Tuesday, january 10, 2017
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BACOLOD City – A city hall official has proposed several policies governing the sale of lechon following claims that spoiled roasted pig and hog innards were thrown into the river in Barangay 36.
City Administrator John Orola believes it would be best for the metro to have a common area for the lechon business.
Several residents of Purok Abi-abihon, Barangay 35 have complained about the foul odor coming from under their houses by the river.
It turned out the odor emanated from spoiled lechon and hog innards, which they suspect were dumped in Barangay 36 and carried by river current to Barangay 35, said Acting Barangay Captain Elizabeth Baker of the latter village.
Barangay 36 is home to the so-called “Lechonan Country,” an area where independent roasted pig sellers abound.
Baker asked the city government to inspect Lechonan Country. She alleged there were “double dead” pigs being roasted there.
Orola said he will personally visit the area this week and ask the City Health Office to hold an independent investigation.
All lechon traders across the city should be lumped into one area, he stressed. He mentioned the site of the old slaughterhouse in Barangay 35.
Orola also said even those making and selling homemade lechon must acquire a permit from the city government.
Considering the many celebrations where roasted pig is a staple, Bacolod must have a “program” for the lechon business, he said.
Moreover, for sanitation purposes, lechons must not be sold or displayed on sidewalks, the city hall official said.
It was observed that most roasted pigs being sold along Araneta Street, Barangay Singcang were displayed on sidewalks.
Orola’s proposal also came in the heels of a complaint against a spoiled lechon from a stall at the Lechonan Country.
Teresita Besario hauled Juan’s Lechon to the Department of Trade and Industry for allegedly producing spoiled roasted pig on New Year’s Eve.
Besario said they brought to Juan’s Lechon on Dec. 30, 2016 a live hog to be roasted.
When they got the roasted pig around 5:30 p.m. the following day, supposedly to serve it for media noche, they discovered it was spoiled./PN
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