Rabat – The Minister of Agriculture, Sea Fisheries, Rural Development, Water, and Forests, Aziz Akhannouch, has discussed preparations for Eid Al Adha with Mohamed Karimine, the president of the Interprofessional Federation of Red Meat (Fiviar).
The meeting, which took place Tuesday in Rabat, was attended by several organizations, including the National Office for Food Safety (ONSSA) and the National Agricultural Advisory Board (ONCA).
The meeting is part of the kingdom’s preparation operation for the sacrificial Eid, when thousands of sheep and goats will be slaughtered for the holy day.
The objective of the meeting was to ensure better animal traceability and transparency in commercial transactions.
The meeting was an opportunity to check the progress of the operation. Previously, ONSSA had run a registration campaign of the breeding and fattening processes. Fiviar is currently in charge of the identification operation through the free installation of a special “Eid Al Adha” tag for the livestock destined to be sacrificed.
All of these parts of the Eid operation, supported by ONCA services and the regional services of the Department of Agriculture, are strongly mobilized to carry out large-scale awareness-raising actions to ensure that farmers and breeders adhere to the program.
The Rabat meeting also aimed to coordinate the actions of the different stakeholders, to ensure quality to the consumer.
All necessary measures have been taken and any failure or non-compliance with quality requirements of any link in the chain will cause all stakeholders to be severely punished.
