The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abdelhamid Hamdani, announces the discovery of a pig on board a shipment of wheat from France.
During a press conference held this Wednesday, June 16, 2021, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abdelhamid Hamdani, announced the fact that the body of a domestic animal, a pig, was found in a shipment of wheat from France.
Therefore, the first person in charge of the sector has spoken. He said during the same press conference that strictly measures will be applied. And this following the discovery of this animal on board a ship. This one transported wheat from France to Algeria. He thus specified that the vessel in question was returned to the sender following this incident.
In addition, other research has been undertaken during the last three days to detect any type of anomaly. To everyone’s surprise, the technical team in charge of these analyzes was able to identify s second decomposing corpse. The latter was another shipment yesterday Tuesday.
A pig in a shipment of wheat imported from France: What will be the penalties?
In addition, the minister indicated that the competent authorities have implemented heavy penalties for the benefit of the importer. This involves classifying the supplier in the black list of economic operators. But also, to stop the unloading of this wheat cargo. Thus , return it to the sender and claim reimbursement of the price of the goods. And the cost generated by this inconvenience.
However, the same speaker assured that the services concerned are working hard. This, in order to identify anomalies on board the next shipment. In particular, closely check the conformity of the products and the import operation with international standards. As a reminder, the shipment in question contained 27,000 tonnes of wheat which had to be unloaded at the port of Oran.
