Romania maintains some direct lamb markets (animals are directly selected by those who purchased in many communities). But some sheep farmers They oppose the following national and European regulations on these businesses.
Authorized sellers ask local authorities to buy only offerings Health warrants. “They run the risk that meat is bad,” says Florin Capsonne, general director of livestock authority for national health and food safety.
Romania has a secular rural heritage Sacrifice pigs and lambs At the main Christian treats Without losing their knowledge before. Last week, the meat house of lambs and sheep opened in a public market in the southwestern city of Romania. Livestock comes with live animals, buyers can choose what they want. “Yesterday we bought lamb meat. We are coming for the baby today. We like it here because we see it: it’s natural,” says a buyer.
For others, this is simply an economic issue. “I know what I’m buying, I got a piece of fat in the central market,” says a client. Another explains that in that market, in particular, many people want to buy lamb chops Because the price is cheap. “The cost of 20 to 23 (about 4 to 4.60 euros), which costs a kilo, the price is doubled,” he explains.
In recent years, the number of meatballs has declined, but dozens of people still work throughout Romania. Athrian Tinu, representative of Kiriao’s public market, explains it They have recognized the butterfly shopkeepers in charge of sacrifice. “We have a knife contraceptive station. The lamb is purchased. The buyer selects and then takes the status of the sacrifice, where the recognized butcher shopkeepers collect it. Sacrifice is a veterinarian He explains that the health seal applies.
What do European terms relating to animal sacrifice say?
Romania has been severely criticized for the sacrifice of animals when he entered the EU in 2007. From your patchSubject to strict rules that the country must comply. “The European Union has a very clear law on the sacrifice of animals, and describes in detail what is allowed and what is not for every species,” says Gabriel Pune, president of the Enkigo Animalis International. “It is a lamb and any other kind of farm animals, No one is allowed to kill the animal without being shocked“.
One of the EU standards demanding The balance of a veterinarian On the farm before sacrifice. In the meantime, these holy week’s Romanian regulators have repeated their warning against buying lambs without a health certificate. Meat Can cause parasite diseasesThey say. Last year, this country of Eastern Europe erupted 67 goats and goats, 280,000 with dead animals.
