I-Malaysian Veterinary Association ixwayisa ngokuthi ubuchwepheshe bokusiza ekuzaleni bungalimaza ukwethembeka kodokotela bezilwane baseMalaysia kanye nokwethenjwa kwabathengi.

I-Malaysian Veterinary Association (Mavma) ithe iSivumelwano Sesifunda saseMalaysia-US Sokulawulwa Kwezempilo Yezilwane (ART) singakhawulela ukulawulwa kweMalaysia kokungeniswa kwezimpahla e-US, ngaleyo ndlela sinciphise ukwethembeka kwe-udokotela wezilwaneizinsizakalo kanye nokuzethemba kwabathengi.udokotela wezilwaneinhlangano iveze ukukhathazeka okukhulu ngengcindezi yase-US yokwenza ukuphathwa kube ngokwesifunda, ngenxa yokungcoliswa njalo kwezifo ezahlukahlukene zezilwane.
Kuala Lumpur, Novemba 25 - I-Malaysian Veterinary Association (Mavma) ithe isivumelwano esisha sokuhweba phakathi kweMalaysia ne-US singase sinciphise ukulawulwa kokuphepha kokudla, ukuphepha kokudla kanye nezindinganiso ze-halal.
UDkt. Chia Liang Wen, umongameli we-Malaysian Food Manufacturers Association, utshele i-CodeBlue ukuthi i-Malaysia-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement (ART) idinga ukuqashelwa ngokuzenzakalelayo kohlelo lokuphepha kokudla lwase-US, okungase kunciphise ikhono leMalaysia lokwenza ukuhlolwa kwalo.
Esitatimendeni, uDkt. Chee uthe: “Ukuhlonza ngokuzenzakalelayo uhlelo lokuphepha kokudla lwase-US kanye namazinga aphezulu ezinsalela (ama-MRL) kunganciphisa ikhono leMalaysia lokusebenzisa ukuhlolwa kwayo kwengozi.”
Uthe uMnyango Wezinsizakalo Zezilwane waseMalaysia (i-DVS) kufanele ugcine igunya lokwenza “ukuhlolwa okuzimele kokuqinisekisa nokulingana” ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo engenisiwe iyaqhubeka nokuhlangabezana nezidingo zokuphepha kwezwe kanye nempilo yomphakathi.
UDkt. Chee uthe nakuba i-Malaysian Veterinary Association isekela ukuhweba kwamazwe ngamazwe okusekelwe kwisayensi okufaka isandla ekukhuleni komnotho jikelele, ubukhosi bezilwane baseMalaysia “kumele buhlale buphakeme” ekuqalisweni kwesivumelwano.
"UMavma ukholelwa ukuthi ukuhlonza okuzenzakalelayo ngaphandle kwezinyathelo zokuphepha ezanele kungalimaza ukuqapha kwezilwane kanye nokuzethemba kwabathengi," esho.
Ngaphambilini, izinhlaka zikahulumeni, okuhlanganisa noMnyango Wezinsizakalo Zezilwane (i-DVS) kanye noMnyango Wezolimo Nokuphepha Kokudla (i-KPKM), azizange zithule ngokuthi isivumelwano sokuhweba sizosetshenziswa kanjani maqondana nokungeniswa kwemikhiqizo yezilwane. Ephendula, i-MAVMA yathi yize isekela ukuhweba kwamazwe ngamazwe, ukuqaliswa kwesivumelwano akufanele kunciphise ukuqapha kuzwelonke.
Ngaphansi kweMithethonqubo Yokulwa Nokungenisa, iMalaysia kumele yamukele uhlelo lwe-US lokuphepha kokudla, ukuhlanzeka kanye nokuhlanzeka kwezitshalo (i-SPS) lwenyama, izinkukhu, imikhiqizo yobisi kanye nemikhiqizo ethile yezolimo, iqondise izinqubo zokungenisa ngokwamukela uhlu lokuhlola lwe-US Federal, futhi inciphise izidingo ezengeziwe zemvume.
Lesi sivumelwano siphinde sibophe iMalaysia ukuthi ibeke imingcele yesifunda ngesikhathi sokuqubuka kwezifo zezilwane ezifana ne-African swine fever (ASF) kanye ne-avian influenza ebangela izifo eziningi (HPAI), esikhundleni sokuvinjelwa ezweni lonke.
Amaqembu ezolimo aseMelika amukele lesi sivumelwano esidlangalaleni, esibiza ngokuthi “ithuba elingakaze libonwe ngaphambili” lokungena emakethe yaseMalaysia. I-United States Meat Export Federation (USMEF) ithe isivumelwano saseMalaysia sokwamukela ikhathalogi yokuhlola kahulumeni wase-US esikhundleni sokuvunyelwa kwezikhungo zasendaweni ezivela kuMnyango Wezokwelapha Wezilwane waseMalaysia (DVS) kulindeleke ukuthi sikhiqize u-$50-60 million ekuthunyelweni kwenyama yenkomo minyaka yonke e-US. I-USMEF yayigxeke inqubo yokuvunyelwa kwezikhungo zasendaweni yaseMalaysia, iyibiza ngokuthi “inzima” futhi ilimaza ukuphepha kokudla.
UDkt. Chee uthe isicelo se-ART sokuthi iMalaysia isebenzise izinyathelo zesifunda zokulwa nomkhuhlane wezinyoni obangela izifo eziningi kanye nomkhuhlane wezingulube wase-Afrika kufanele siphathwe ngokucophelela. Umkhuhlane wezingulube wase-Afrika usasakazeke ezindaweni ezithile zaseMalaysia, futhi izwe lisathembele kakhulu enyameni ethengwe kwamanye amazwe.
“Njengoba umkhuhlane wezingulube wase-Afrika uvame kakhulu ezingxenyeni zaseMalaysia nokuthi sithembele ekungenisweni kwezwe, ukulandelelwa okuqinile, ukubhekwa kwezifo kanye nokuqinisekiswa ‘kwezindawo ezingenazo izifo’ kubalulekile ukuvimbela ukungeniswa noma ukusabalala kwalesi sifo ngaphandle kwenhloso,” kusho uDkt. Xie.
Wanezela ngokuthi iMalaysia iqashelwe njengengenawo umkhuhlane wezinyoni obangela izifo eziningi yi-World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), futhi inqubomgomo yayo yokubulala ilawule ngempumelelo ukuqubuka kwezifo ezinhlanu zangaphambilini, ngokungafani kakhulu namazwe asebenzise amasu okugoma.
Uthe: “Inqubomgomo efanayo yokuqeda izifo kanye nesimo sikazwelonke sokungabi nezifo kufanele isebenze njengendinganiso yokuphepha kwe-biosecurity yamazwe athumela imikhiqizo eMalaysia ukuqinisekisa ubuqotho besimo saseMalaysia sokungabi ne-HPAI.”
UDkt. Chi uphinde waphawula ukuthi “ukwamukelwa ngenkani kwe-US kokwenziwa kwezindawo ezithile kuyinkinga enkulu,” ecaphuna amacala avamile okusabalala kokutheleleka phakathi kwezinhlobo zezinyoni, izinkomo, amakati, nezingulube ezibikwe yizikhulu ezifundazweni ezahlukene zase-US.
Uthe: “Lezi zigameko ziqokomisa ingozi yokuthi izinhlobo ezahlukene zingangena eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, mhlawumbe zidlula eMalaysia, kuyilapho amanye amazwe ase-ASEAN esabhekene nobunzima bokubhekana nezinhlobo zomkhuhlane wezinyoni ezikhona ezibangela izifo eziningi.”
UMavma uphinde waveza ukukhathazeka mayelana nesitifiketi se-halal ngaphansi kwesivumelwano. UDkt. Chee uthe noma yikuphi ukugunyazwa kwenhlangano yaseMelika yesitifiketi se-halal yi-Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) "akufanele kudlule izindlela zokuqinisekisa ezenkolo nezezilwane zaseMalaysia."
Uthe isitifiketi se-halal sihlanganisa inhlalakahle yezilwane, ukunamathela ezimisweni zokuhlatshwa okufanele, kanye nokuhlanzeka kokudla, akuchaze njengemithwalo yemfanelo eyinhloko yodokotela bezilwane. Uphinde waphawula ukuthi uhlelo lwe-halal lwaseMalaysia “luzuze ukwethenjwa komhlaba wonke kwamanye amazwe amaSulumane.”
UDkt. Chee uthe iziphathimandla zaseMalaysia kufanele zigcine ilungelo lokwenza ukuhlolwa kwezinkampani zakwamanye amazwe endaweni, ziqinise ukuhlaziywa kwezingozi zokungenisa kanye nokulawulwa kwemingcele, futhi ziqinisekise ukucaca komphakathi mayelana nokuphepha kokudla kanye nezindinganiso ze-halal.
I-MAVMA iphinde yancoma ukuthi i-DVS kanye neminyango efanele basungule iqembu elihlangene lobuchwepheshe ukuze bahlole ukulingana kwemikhawulo ephezulu yezinsalela, izinhlelo zokuhlola kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlukanisa izifo.
"Ukwethemba komphakathi ngokuphepha kokudla kanye nezinhlelo zezilwane zaseMalaysia kuncike ekubonakaleni obala kanye nobuholi obuqhubekayo obuvela kuziphathimandla zaseMalaysia," kusho uDkt. Chia.