Mozambique: INAE Orders Closure of Filthy Slaughterhouse

Maputo — The Mozambican National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) on Monday ordered the closure of the slaughterhouse belonging to the meat processing company BonSuino, in the southern city of Matola.

According to a report by the independent television station STV, a team of INAE inspectors visited the premises twice and found that they posed a threat to public health. INAE acted after clients of supermarkets supplied by BonSuino protested at the quality of the meat they had bought. The supermarkets themselves then began to look more closely at the meat they were obtaining and returned large quantities to the slaughterhouse.

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