Strict terms for Paya Mengkuang pig farms to resume operations: Akmal

 

Operators of pig farms in Paya Mengkuang, Kuala Sungai Baru, must comply with two strict conditions if they wish to resume operations.

State Rural Development, Agriculture and Food Security exco Dr Akmal Saleh said the main condition was that pig farming activities be conducted under a closed-house system instead of the conventional method used previously.

He said another condition was that any pigs brought in from outside Malacca must first obtain approval from the State Veterinary Services Department to ensure the animals are free from disease.

“If the farmers can comply with the conditions set, the state government has no objection to allowing their farms to resume operations.

“We have held a meeting with pig farmers in the area, and they are aware of the conditions that have been set,” he told a press conference outside the Malacca state assembly today.

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Elaborating, Akmal said he had not received any applications from existing farmers for the construction of farms with a closed-house system, which was required to resume operations.

In January 2022, the media reported that the Malacca government had agreed to gazette 35 pig farms in Paya Mengkuang as African Swine Fever disease outbreak and control areas.

The gazetting was to control the spread of ASF, but no specific timeframe had been set.

- Bernama