PH 1st AAA slaughterhouse to start operations in Nov

The country’s first government-owned AAA slaughterhouse will start operations by November.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the P187.2-million facility in Tanauan, Batangas will be expanded to include an additional cold storage and cutting facility .

A slaughterhouse with triple A grade is compliant with international standards, making its products qualified to be exported to other countries.

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“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 DA Secretary William Dar.

Dar said in a statement the facility has a total floor area of 2,588 square meters, composed of a mechanized system that can process 500 head of hogs per eight-hour shift. It is located near the Tanauan vegetable trading center.

The slaughterhouse is equipped with a cold chain network consisting of three chilling rooms, two blast freezers and three cold storage rooms alongside a meat laboratory and wastewater treatment area.

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