I-Malaysian Veterinary Association ilumkisa ukuba ubuchwepheshe bokuncedisa ekuzaleni bunokonakalisa ukuthembeka koogqirha bezilwanyana baseMalaysia kunye nokuthenjwa kwabathengi.

I-Malaysian Veterinary Association (Mavma) ithi iSivumelwano seSithili saseMalaysia-US malunga noMgaqo wezeMpilo yeZilwanyana (ART) sinokuyithintela iMalaysia ekulawuleni ukungeniswa kwezilwanyana e-US, ngaloo ndlela sinciphise ukuthembeka kweugqirha wezilwanyanaiinkonzo kunye nokuzithemba kwabathengi.ugqirha wezilwanyanaumbutho ubonakalise inkxalabo enkulu malunga noxinzelelo lwaseMelika lokuguqula ulawulo lube lolwasekuhlaleni, ngenxa yokusasazeka rhoqo kwezifo ezahlukeneyo zezilwanyana.
Kuala Lumpur, ngoNovemba 25 – I-Malaysian Veterinary Association (Mavma) ithe isivumelwano esitsha sorhwebo phakathi kweMalaysia ne-US sinokwenza buthathaka ulawulo lokhuseleko lokutya, ukhuseleko lwezinto eziphilayo kunye nemigangatho ye-halal.
UGqr. Chia Liang Wen, umongameli weMalaysian Food Manufacturers Association, uxelele iCodeBlue ukuba iMalaysia-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement (ART) ifuna ukuba inkqubo yokhuseleko lokutya yase-US iqatshelwe ngokuzenzekelayo, nto leyo enokuthintela amandla eMalaysia okwenza uhlolo lwayo.
Kwingxelo yakhe, uGqr. Chee uthe: “Ukuchongwa ngokuzenzekelayo kwenkqubo yokhuseleko lokutya yaseMelika kunye namanqanaba aphezulu entsalela (ii-MRL) kunokunciphisa amandla eMalaysia okusebenzisa uvavanyo lwayo lomngcipheko.”
Uthe iSebe leeNkonzo zeZilwanyana laseMalaysia (i-DVS) kufuneka ligcine igunya lokwenza “uvavanyo oluzimeleyo lokuqinisekisa kunye nokulinganisa” ukuqinisekisa ukuba iimveliso ezingenisiweyo ziyaqhubeka nokuhlangabezana neemfuno zokhuseleko lwesizwe kunye nempilo yoluntu.
UGqr. Chee uthe nangona iMalaysian Veterinary Association ixhasa urhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe olusekelwe kwisayensi olunegalelo ekukhuleni koqoqosho ngokubanzi, igunya leMalaysia lezilwanyana “kufuneka lihlale liphezulu” ekuphunyezweni kwesivumelwano.
“UMavma ukholelwa ukuba ukuchonga ngokuzenzekelayo ngaphandle kwamanyathelo okhuseleko aneleyo kunokonakalisa ukujongwa kwezilwanyana kunye nokuzithemba kwabathengi,” utshilo.
Ngaphambili, iiarhente zikarhulumente, kuquka iSebe leeNkonzo zeZilwanyana (i-DVS) kunye neSebe lezoLimo noKhuseleko lokutya (i-KPKM), azizange zithethe nto malunga nendlela esi sivumelwano sorhwebo esiza kuphunyezwa ngayo malunga nokungeniswa kwemveliso yezilwanyana kwamanye amazwe. Ukuphendula, i-MAVMA yathi nangona ixhasa urhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe, ukuphunyezwa kwesivumelwano akufanele kunciphise ulwalathiso lwesizwe.
Phantsi kweMithetho yokuThintela ukungenisa impahla kwamanye amazwe, iMalaysia kufuneka yamkele inkqubo yase-US yokhuseleko lokutya, ucoceko kunye nococeko lwezityalo (SPS) kwinyama, iinkukhu, iimveliso zobisi kunye neemveliso ezithile zezolimo, ilungelelanise iinkqubo zokungenisa impahla ngokwamkela uLuhlu loHlolo lwe-US Federal, kwaye inciphise iimfuno zemvume ezongezelelweyo.
Esi sivumelwano sikwanyanzela iMalaysia ukuba ibeke imiqathango yengingqi ngexesha lokuqhambuka kwezifo zezilwanyana ezifana ne-African swine fever (ASF) kunye ne-highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), endaweni yokuvalwa kwelizwe lonke.
Amaqela ezolimo aseMelika ayamkele esidlangalaleni esi sivumelwano, esithi “lithuba elingazange libonwe ngaphambili” lokungena kwimarike yaseMalaysia. I-United States Meat Export Federation (USMEF) ithe isivumelwano saseMalaysia sokwamkela ikhathalogu yokuhlola yesizwe sase-US endaweni yokuvunywa kwezibonelelo zasekuhlaleni ezivela kwiSebe leeNkonzo zeZilwanyana laseMalaysia (i-DVS) kulindeleke ukuba sivelise i-$50-60 yezigidi kwimpahla yenkomo ethunyelwa eMelika minyaka le. I-USMEF ngaphambili yayigxeke inkqubo yokuvunywa kwezibonelelo zasekuhlaleni zaseMalaysia, isithi “inzima” kwaye ijongela phantsi ukhuseleko lokutya.
UGqr. Chee uthe isicelo se-ART sokuba iMalaysia isebenzise amanyathelo engingqi okulwa nomkhuhlane weentaka obangela izifo ezininzi kunye nomkhuhlane weengulube waseAfrika kufuneka siphathwe ngononophelo. Umkhuhlane weengulube waseAfrika usasasazeke kwiindawo ezithile zaseMalaysia, kwaye ilizwe lisaxhomekeke kakhulu kwinyama ethengwa kwamanye amazwe.
“Ngenxa yokuba i-African swine fever ixhaphakile kwiindawo ezithile zaseMalaysia kwaye sixhomekeke ekungenisweni kwezilwanyana kwamanye amazwe, ukulandeleka okungqongqo, ukubekwa esweni kwezifo kunye nokuqinisekiswa ‘kweendawo ezingenazifo’ kubalulekile ukuthintela ukungeniswa okanye ukusasazeka kwesi sifo ngaphandle kwenjongo,” utshilo uGqr. Xie.
Wongeze ngelithi iMalaysia iqatshelwe njengengenasifo somkhuhlane weentaka esibangela iintsholongwane kakhulu yi-World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), kwaye umgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokubulala izilwanyana uye walawula ngempumelelo ukuqhambuka okuhlanu kwangaphambili, ngokungafaniyo namazwe asebenzise iindlela zokugonya.
Uthe: “Umgaqo-nkqubo ofanayo wokuphelisa izifo kunye nesimo sesizwe sokungabi nazifo kufuneka sisebenze njengomgangatho wokhuseleko oluhambelanayo kumazwe athumela iimveliso eMalaysia ukuqinisekisa ukuthembeka kwesimo saseMalaysia sokungabi na-HPAI.”
UGqr. Chi ukwaphawule ukuba “ukwamkelwa ngenkani kwe-US kokwahlulwahlulwa kweendawo ezithile yingxaki enkulu,” ecaphula amatyala amaninzi osulelo olusasazeka phakathi kweentlobo zeentaka, iinkomo, iikati kunye neehagu ezixelwe ngamagosa kumazwe ahlukeneyo ase-US.
Uthe: “Ezi ziganeko zibonisa umngcipheko weentlobo ezahlukeneyo ezinokubakho zokungena eMzantsi-mpuma Asia, mhlawumbi ngeMalaysia, ngelixa amanye amazwe ase-ASEAN esasokola ukumelana neentlobo ezikhoyo zomkhuhlane weentaka obangela izifo ezininzi.”
UMavma ukwabonakalise inkxalabo malunga nesiqinisekiso se-halal phantsi kwesivumelwano. UGqr. Chee uthe naluphi na uqinisekiso lwequmrhu laseMelika lesiqinisekiso se-halal yiSebe loPhuhliso lwamaSilamsi eMalaysia (Jakim) “akufanele ludlule iindlela zokuqinisekisa unqulo nolwezilwanyana zaseMalaysia.”
Uthe isiqinisekiso se-halal siquka impilo-ntle yezilwanyana, ukunamathela kwimigaqo yokuxhela ngokusesikweni, kunye nococeko lokutya, nto leyo ayichaze njengeyona misebenzi iphambili yoogqirha bezilwanyana. Ukwaphawule ukuba inkqubo ye-halal yaseMalaysia “ifumene ukuthenjwa kwihlabathi liphela kwamanye amazwe amaSilamsi.”
UDkt. Chee uthe amagunya aseMalaysia afanele ahlale enelungelo lokwenza uhlolo kwiindawo zeenkampani zangaphandle, aqinise uhlalutyo lomngcipheko wokungeniswa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kunye nolawulo lwemida, kwaye aqinisekise ukuba uluntu alufihli nto malunga nokhuseleko lokutya kunye nemigangatho ye-halal.
I-MAVMA ikwacebise ukuba i-DVS kunye namasebe afanelekileyo aseke iqela lobuchwephesha elidibeneyo ukuze kuvavanywe ukulingana kwemida ephezulu yentsalela, iinkqubo zovavanyo kunye neenkqubo zokwahlulahlula izifo.
“Ukuthembela koluntu kwiinkqubo zokhuseleko lokutya zaseMalaysia kunye nezonyango lwezilwanyana kuxhomekeke ekubeni sobala kunye nobunkokeli obuqhubekayo obuvela kumagunya aseMalaysia,” utshilo uGqr. Chia.