Veterinary office proposes increase in slaughterhouse fees, charges

THE City Veterinary Office (CVO) of Cagayan de Oro City is proposing an increase in slaughterhouse fees and charges.

Backed by the City Economic Enterprise Department (CEED), the proposed hike in fees and charges is “associated with the rising inflation and cost in slaughtering processes the City Government is constraint to narrow the level the cost in that between public and private enterprise slaughterhouses."

According to the report, the current ante-mortem fee for the cattle costs P5 per head; the same amount of fee was applied for carabao and horses. The fee per head for swine is P3; goat, sheep or deer is P1.50; and poultry is P.15.

The proposed ante-mortem fee by the CEED, meanwhile, amounted to P70 per head for large animals; P50 per head for small animals; and P.5 per head for poultry.

The CVO, for their part, proposed an amount of P100 per head for large animals, P50 per head for small animals, and P.5 per head for poultry.

Due to the difference in the proposed amount of ante-mortem fee for large animals between the CEED and the CVO, City Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, Chairman of the Council’s committee on Economic Enterprise, said the concerned two offices will have to meet and finalize the proposal.

On the current post-mortem fee, the meat and poultry are charged with P.25 per kilo, while the proposed post-mortem fee amounted to P.5 per kilo foe meat and poultry; and P.5 per kilo for Offal’s.

The proposal also stated that "the cost in slaughtering outside the slaughterhouse is much higher than the proposed changes, thus the city is confident that the proposed charges will not be a big burden to the consuming public."

This was echoed by Nacaya saying that it has been two decades since the schedule of fees and charges has not changed without revisions or amendments.

"City Government ang may ari sa slaughterhouse. Meron tayong more than 20 years na ordinance na hindi pa na adjust, so meron lang adjustment (The City Government owns the slaughterhouse. We have a more than 20-year-old ordinance that haven't been adjusted, so we just made some adjustments), Nacaya said.

Nacaya also said that during the public consultation on Wednesday, January 31, they have not received any complaints or objections on the matter.

Although, he said, the proposal is still not approved and needed revisions and the City Council still has not made a decision.

Nacaya added that they are hoping that the proposal will be approved either in February or March, but not later than March.

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