{"id":706612,"date":"2019-09-16T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/16\/stop-eating-dog-meat-vietnamese-officials-warn-citizens\/"},"modified":"2019-09-16T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T15:25:45","slug":"stop-eating-dog-meat-vietnamese-officials-warn-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/16\/stop-eating-dog-meat-vietnamese-officials-warn-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Eating Dog Meat, Vietnamese Officials Warn Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_705591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-705591\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-705591\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pit-bull.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"455\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-705591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Food safety officials in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, have warned citizens against eating dog meat, in a bid to boost the national image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is advice, it\u2019s not an order, so we haven\u2019t introduced any fines,\u201d Phan Thi Hoai Tran, head of communications at Ho Chi Minh City\u2019s Food Safety Management Board, said.<\/p>\n<p>In Vietnam, eating dog meat is very popular but it is not illegal to eat dogs, however, the watchdog claims that the meat has never been formally included on the list of animals suitable for humans as food.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:\u00a0Afia Schwarzenegger Was Paid To Sleep With A Chinese Dog: Singer Mzbel<\/p>\n<p>Health risks associated with eating the meat include parasites that can affect internal organs, while chemicals found in poisons used to kill the dogs also threaten consumers, Associate Prof. Pham Khanh Phong-Lan, head of the board, told local media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEating dog meat is not a good habit so people should kick it, especially in this era of international integration,\u201d the Board said on its website last week.<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam\u2019s dog meat consumption has made it the target of animal welfare campaigns in the past, and the Asia Canine Protection Alliance estimates that five million of the animals are killed and eaten in the country annually. 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