Thailand: The Department of Livestock Development insists that people can slaughter pigs, it can be sold, but must be done in slaughterhouses only

according to social media There is a stream of slaughtering pigs that are illegal to sell themselves. The company's pork must be brought in to sell as well, so it won't be illegal. The Department of Livestock Development has confirmed that people can slaughter their own pigs for sale. But this must be done at a legally licensed slaughterhouse. Currently, the law governing the slaughter of animals for sale in Thailand is The Slaughter Control Act for Meat Sales B.E. 2016, which stipulates that slaughter must be carried out in slaughterhouses only. Therefore, it is illegal to slaughter pigs for sale at home whether they are self-raised pigs or company pigs. Veterinarian Sorawit Thanito, Director-General of the Department of Livestock Development, revealed that the 2016 Meat Slaughter Control Act was a law that was established to regulate slaughterhouses for the safety of consumers. Since slaughterhouses are places where meat is produced before being sold to consumers, there is a ...