LOS ANGELES, Butuan City – After being delayed for more than a month due to the quarantine status of Butuan City, the 20-day Basic Meat Inspection Course finally kicked off last October 26, 2021 at the Golden Tara Hall of the Agricultural Training Institute – Regional Training Center-13 (ATI-RTC 13).

According to Florita G. Lozada, Project Officer of the training, the Basic Meat Inspection Course (BMIC) is designed for Local Government Unit Meat Inspectors, Meat Control Officers and other personnel performing meat inspection work. It is basically an upgrading of skills of people involved in meat inspection in ensuring that meat prepared for human consumption is safe and has undergone the required inspection.

She hoped that at the end of the training participants will be able to enumerate the duties and responsibilities of a meat inspector; identify and explain the basic anatomy and physiology of food animals; identify and explain the requirements of a meat establishment to have a licensed to operate; identify the different animal diseases related to meat safety; explain hygiene and sanitation in slaughterhouses and in meat; enumerate the procedures of slaughtering swine; cattle and poultry; display skills in the enforcement of the law of meat inspection; display skills in ante and post mortem inspection, pregnancy diagnosis and proper meat inspection.

Participants of this training include 20 meat inspectors/coordinators coming from different provinces and municipalities of Caraga region. They are expected to complete the course on the last week of November 2021. (with report from Florita Lozada)