BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 30. Animal markets in
Azerbaijan will be organized in the form of an exchange instead of
a physical one.
This was announced by the Chairman of the Azerbaijan Food Safety
Agency, Goshgar Tahmazli, in a joint interview with Trend
International News Agency and the Khazar TV channel.
The head of the agency noted that inspections conducted on
animal markets showed that 28 markets failed to meet current
standards.
"Veterinary and sanitary norms and rules were not observed in
these markets. Therefore, the activities of all animal markets were
temporarily suspended. After being brought into line with the
standards, 14 animal markets were allowed to operate again.
Reconstruction work is currently underway in some of the other
markets, and since some of them cannot meet modern requirements, it
is not considered advisable to continue operations in these places
in the future.
In the future, after full completion of the identification
process and the second state program, a transition from physical
animal markets to animal sales exchanges will be ensured.
Digitalization in the import and export sector of the agency has
already been achieved at 100 percent. In other areas, the level of
digitalization has exceeded 94 percent.
Once this process is fully completed and the identification of
animals is completed, our goal is to implement modern animal sales
exchanges instead of transporting animals from point A to point B
and exhibiting and selling them in markets. In this case, the buyer
will be able to see all the information about the animal he wants
to buy, including the indicators reflected in the identification
system, in advance on the electronic platform, evaluate it and then
place an order," he said.
