Morocco Cracks Down on Illegal Sheep Fattening Ahead of Eid Al-Adha

These reinforced controls allowed the veterinary services of ONSSA in Casa-Settat to seize and destroy more than 232 tons of poultry manure intended for livestock feed for Eid Al-Adha at a breeder near Médiouna, reports the newspaper Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. The ONSSA agents also seized 98 sheep from which they removed the yellow identification chips to prevent their sale.

These cases of fraud are recorded in several cities at this time, notes the newspaper which reports the seizure and destruction of 20 tons of poultry manure in El Kelaâ des Sraghna, as well as in Safi where the ONSSA services also seized sheep.

The Office also withdrew, for non-compliance with sanitary safety conditions, the authorization from a production and marketing unit of compound feed for livestock. It also proceeded to the precautionary seizure of the raw material used for the production of this feed and the finished products ready for delivery to farms.

Some fraudulent breeders even go so far as to use yeast in the feed of sheep to fatten them and sell them at a higher price. Others do not hesitate to inject chemical products or salt stones into their livestock. Other breeders use the "derdek" capsules that some women apply to gain weight.