Complaints raised by an association of meat vendors against the proliferation of meatshops outside the Dumaguete City public market have led to a proposal for an ordinance regulating the operation of meatshops and what qualifies a meatshop to promote public safety and public health.

Association president, Rogelio Macion, recently called for amendments of an existing ordinance that will prohibit the selling of meat outside the market.

There is no regulation now on the operation of meatshops, while strict regulation is imposed on the sale of meat and fish to ensure that they are fit for human consumption.

The complaint said there is no assurance that a double dead meat will not be sold in meatshops, in the absence of quality control and regulation, unlike at the public market where only meat coming from the slaughterhouse is sold.*JG

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