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The country’s first government-owned “Triple A” (AAA) slaughterhouse in Tanauan City will start operations in November 2020 and will be expanded to include an additional cold storage and cutting facility. Triple A slaughterhouses are equipped to be compliant with international standards, so their meat products could be sold and exported.
“Undoubtedly, the Tanauan ‘AAA’ slaughterhouse will help propel the modernization of the livestock industry in Batangas, and subsequently provide a sustained livelihood, source of income, and affordable, safe, and hygienic meat products to constituents and neighboring communities, including Metro Manila,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar.
The P187.2-million facility sits on a 1.9-hectare area which was donated and developed by the city local government unit (LGU). The slaughterhouse can process 500 head of hogs per eight-hour shift. It is equipped with a cold chain network consisting of three chilling rooms, two blast freezers, and three cold storage rooms. Also, it has a meat laboratory and wastewater treatment area.
When the facility starts commercial operation, it will be managed on behalf of the DA and Tanauan LGU by the Unified Batangas Swine Producers Association (UniBat). It will collect fees to sustain its operation and maintenance.
Secretary Dar committed to expand the facility by integrating it with a cutting plant, allotting an additional P50 M through the DA-National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS).
August 30, 2020/ Department of Agriculture/ Philippines.
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