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AHDB is in the process of setting up the plant which will have capacity for 2,000–3,000 mature pigs per week. This latest announcement forms part of a package of measures to address the challenges facing the pork sector, which includes a shortage of skilled butchers in abattoirs.
Setting up the facility will cost up to £20,000, which will be funded by the AHDB pork levy. AHDB will also cover any idle time staff costs during its operation, which is likely to run for between 8–12 weeks.
The plant will make an operating charge per pig to the producer – a commercial arrangement between the two parties. The facility will be opened as soon as possible.
AHDB Divisional Director of Engagement, Will Jackson, said: “The provision of a cull and render service in an established abattoir will offer farmers who cannot sell their pigs, at any price, for processing into the food chain a way to minimise the impact of the situation.”
October 28, 2021/ AHDB/ United Kingdom.
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