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By: Mae Singuay
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
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BACOLOD City – Some lechon sellers opposed the proposed ordinance regulating the sale and preparation of lechon or roasted pig in this city.
Councilor Em Ang, chairperson of the Committee on Health and Sanitation, authored an ordinance after the Sangguniang Panglungsod received a complaint about a “double dead” lechon served to a customer in December 2016 which went viral on social media.
Ang said the ordinance aims to ensure that the food, particularly lechon, served to the public is safe for consumption.
In a committee report submitted by the councilor on May 31, she said some lechon sellers expressed their opposition on the proposed ordinance.
Nestor Juen of Janrey’s Lechon said lechon sellers in the city used to have an association where he served as president. However, the group became inactive.
Currently, he said they have no representative. The lechon sellers join the public hearing individually, Juen explained.
Glorydee Cometa, plant manager of AVM Bernardo Slaughterhouse, operator of the city abattoir in Barangay Handumanan, had proposed during a hearing that the roasted pigs shall be placed in the vicinity of the slaughterhouse.
However, Jimmy Taladtad of Jessel’s Lechon explained that the slaughtering of hogs being sold in wet markets is different from the way they slaughter hogs for lechon.
He also said that with the proposal, they will not be able to accommodate orders made early in the morning.
Robert Badayos of Mina’s Lechon, meanwhile, expressed that if hogs for roasting will be slaughtered only in the slaughterhouse, they will not be able to accommodate customers that have rush orders because the anti-mortem and post-mortem inspections take a long time.
Ang said the proposed ordinance is due for deliberation for second reading by June 7./PN
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