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Original Article | Open Access | | doi: 10.34104/ejmhs.024.050056

Determination of the Risk Factors of Slaughterhouses and Butcher Shops in Public Health

Ayesha Khatun ,
Ummay Salma ,
Tahera Yeasmin ,
Md. Nurul Amin ,
Sabbir Hossen Sabuz ,
Md. Ahsan Habib ,
Md. Mushfiqur Rahman ,
Jibendra Kumar Jha ,
Md. Arafat Jaman

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The current study was designed to understand the present status of beef markets as well as the quality of beef in selected five upazilas (Dinajpur Sadar, Parbotipur, Nawabgonj, Fulbari, and Birampur) of Dinajpur district, Bangladesh. These included cleaning hands completely before handling beef (100%), cleaning the butchery on a daily and weekly basis (12%), cleaning meat-cutting knives before use (100%), wearing hand gloves (8%), wearing a protective coat (12%), wearing a head cover (2%) while handling and selling meat, and growing long fingernails (55%). Muslims make up the majority of the population in the chosen areas, and 100% of the animals are slaughtered according to the halal method. The rs, specific slaughter house, washing of animals before slaughter, ante-mortem inspection by the government authority, regular post-mortem inspection, and preservation of unsold beef were positively correlated with the biosecurity maintenance of meat practiced and had a significant (p<0.01) positive relationship with biosecurity practice. The rs value of preservation of unsold beef had a positive correlation but was weakly (rs<0.3) correlated. Butchers addressed the following issues: middlemen (23%), disorganized markets (21%), capital (17%), extraction (15%), importation of animals from foreign nations (14%), irregular investigations (8%), and other issues (2%). Various customer perspectives were used to gather some problem findings for the beef market survey, including excessive cost (37%), inadequate market oversight (28%), unclean surroundings (14%), adulteration (11%), and others (10%). The relevant authorities in the livestock business and the government could step in to address the existing problems.

Keywords: Beef market, Slaughter, Butcher, Inspection, Livestock, Middlemen, Public health, and Correlation.

Citation: Khatun Y, Salma U, Yeasmin T, Amin NJ, Sabuz SH, Habib MA, Rahman M, Jha JK, and Jaman MA, (2024). Determination of the risk factors of slaughterhouses and Butcher shops in public health, Eur. J. Med.  Health Sci., 6(2), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.34104/ejmhs.024.050056


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April 15, 2024

Article DOI: 10.34104/ejmhs.024.050056

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