Daniel Berrío, a fish seller in the Barranquilla market, discovered four hours after the government’s announcement of the health emergency in the country due to the Streptococcus aglactiae ST7 bacteria found in tilapia, which is marketed in the Caribbean as redgill.
At his home, in the neighborhood of Las Américas, Berrío rested from his job, which starts at 3 a.m., and admitted that he was not aware of the declaration, but he did associate that the mojarra had not been released for eight days. had arrived in trucks and with tons of Huila. “Yesterday I saw that baskets had arrived. It is scarce and the price has increased, which is sold for 13,000 pesos per kilo. Less than 10 months ago it was bought for 9 thousand pesos”.
“There is no risk”
Agriculture Minister Jhenifer Mojica said in Barranquilla that the health emergency was declared after verification of the presence of the bacteria in tilapia crops from Huila, for which reason she activated the unified command post in Neiva to deploy inspection actions, surveillance and control . and to confirm new outbreaks in Atlántico, Tolima and Magdalena.
The state of emergency was made official by resolution 6535 of the National Agricultural Institute (ICA).
“The cases began to be detected since March,” said ICA director Juan Fernando Roa. The official indicated that the emergency is expanding the management and control capabilities of the country’s health authority to support the implementation of biosecurity measures and demand greater control over production levels. “At the first barrier, that’s the ports, airports and border crossings.”
“It is important to clarify that there are no risks to humans in consumption or in the production chain,” warned Hernán Rubio, director of the National Authority for Aquaculture and Fisheries, Aunap.
Tilapia produces 22,000 tons in Huila and represents about $128 million. 204,000 tons per year are sold to the United States and Europe, and tilapia is 60% of exports.
Daniel Berrío recalls that he had not heard of an emergency situation that could affect fish consumption since the time of the disappeared Inderena.
The vendor, which supplies those who sell punch bowls and walk the streets or take them to neighborhood outlets, has been around for four decades. And he adds that sea fish is more attractive to fishmongers because of the prices. “The office sells more.”
Source: El heraldo
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