Live pig prices on 10/03/2024: Slight increases in some areas

Live pig prices on October 3 in the North

The live pig market in the North has seen a slight increase in a few locations compared to yesterday.

Accordingly, pig prices in Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen have both risen to VND 69,000/kg, following an increase of VND 1,000.

Traders in other localities are still maintaining yesterday's purchasing levels.

Thus, live pig prices in the North on 10/03/2024, are trading at levels of VND 68,000 - 69,000/kg.

Live pig prices in the Central region and the Central Highlands on October 3

The live pig market in the Central region and the Central Highlands has seen little change compared to yesterday.

Specifically, only the price of pigs in Thanh Hoa has increased slightly by VND 1,000, reaching VND 68,000/kg—the highest in the region.

Other localities are still trading at yesterday's prices.

Thus, live pig prices in the Central region and the Central Highlands on 10/03/2024, are being purchased at levels of VND 64,000 - 68,000/kg.

Latest live pig prices in the South on October 3

The live pig market in the South has not seen any new fluctuations compared to yesterday.

In which, the price of pigs in Kien Giang, Tien Giang, Bac Lieu, Tra Vinh, and Ben Tre is trading at VND 64,000/kg—the lowest in the region currently.

Other localities are purchasing pigs at levels around VND 65,000 - 66,000/kg.

Thus, live pig prices in the South on October 3, 2024, are trading in the range of 64,000 - 66,000 VND/kg.

Detection of many tons of imported meat contaminated with Salmonella

In the first seven months of 2024, Vietnam imported over 450,000 tons of meat and animal by-products for food, an increase of 6.4% compared to the same period in 2023.

Notably, the amount of meat products accounted for over 320,000 tons, an increase of more than 40%. These numbers indicate that the demand for imported meat in Vietnam remains very high, despite the domestic livestock industry facing many challenges.

However, the prominent issue is not only the quantity but also the quality of imported meat products. According to data from the Animal Health Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), since Circular No. 04/2024/TT-BNNPTNT took effect on May 16, 2024, a total of 55 shipments tested positive for Salmonella out of 6,679 shipments tested, accounting for nearly 1%.

Thus, if Salmonella testing is not conducted, a large quantity of over 1,300 tons of contaminated animal meat could be imported into Vietnam, posing a very high risk of outbreaks, compromising food safety, and affecting the health of Vietnamese consumers.

$ 1 = VND 24.550 - Source: Vietcombank.