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.
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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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