Cook Delicious Lizard Meat for the Family
Medan - Kualanamu, Geckos or lizards are currently popular as medicine in China. These reptiles are usually found in houses or wood. In addition to being used as a traditional medicine, geckos also have a million benefits as medicine, which is believed to be able to cure asthma, itching or skin diseases, hemorrhoids, digestive disorders, and even cancer. In addition, dried geckos are also used for beauty and as raw material for fish feed.
"Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a significant decrease in exports in 2020, and in early 2021 the Medan Agricultural Quarantine again exported 425 kg of dried geckos with an export value of Rp. 127,500,000 to Hong Kong," said Rifky Danial, Animal Quarantine Sub-Coordinator (11/01).
Animal Quarantine officers who inspected the commodity explained that the carrier media was in good physical condition, and the quantity was also in accordance with the request, as was the intact packaging, so it could be certified by issuing a quarantine certificate in the form of a Certificate of Origin for Animal Products (KH-12).
Let's support the Triple Increase Movement for Agricultural Exports
(Gratieks) to increase our agricultural exports towards agricultural development and to advance Indonesia's economy, said Rifky.