Workers process chilled meat at the MEATDEli Saigon meat processing complex in Long An province on a trial basis. The complex will be officially put into operation next month. (Photo: VN/VNA) HCM City(VNS/VNA) - MEATDeli SaiGon Co., Ltd, a subsidiaryof Masan MEATLife, has completed construction of a meat processing plant inLong An province andwill commission it next month.
The MEATDeli Saigon plant, situated in the Tan DucIndustrial Park in DucHoa district, cost 1.8 trillion VND (77.5 million USD).
It can process 140,000 tonnes of chilled pork annually in the first phase.
It can also produce 15,000 tonnes of processed meat products such as braisedpork, pork rolls, shredded pork, and others.
The second phase will expand the capacity to 25,000 tonnes a year and enableproduction of 14,000 tonnes of pork by-products such as blood flour, plasma,collagen, and meat and bone powder.
The plant has modern equipment from Marel, a leading global supplier ofadvanced meat processing and slaughtering equipment from the Netherlands, andis considered the most modern meat processing and slaughtering facility in thecountry.
It has applied for the BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standard for FoodSafety and obtained HACCP certification for food safety.
It is directly run, supervised and tested by experienced European experts.
The plant is designed as a closed system with a sterile environment. Engineersand workers will always be required to wear masks, and wash their hands withalcohol to ensure safety.
The pork, after being processed, will be chilled quickly and packed using OxyFresh 9 technology to prevent the growth of bacteria.
To preserve the meat’s freshness, nutrition and taste and ensure hygiene, thepork will be maintained at temperatures of zero to four degrees Celsius duringsubsequent processing. It willhave a shelf life up to nine days.
In addition to the modern processing lines, the MEATDeli Saigon plant will alsocarefully control the source of pigs.
The pigs are sourced from associated farms at which they are being carefullyselected and fed with bio-zeem technology in a closed raising process withoutgrowth hormones, antibiotics or other banned substances.
The adoption of a ‘three-layer quarantine’ control system (only healthy pigswill be allowed to enter the plant for slaughter, only healthy pigs will beprocessed at the plant and only safe pork will be sold from the factory) underthe guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and FoodSafety Department will ensure the safety of MEATDeli pork when it reachesconsumers.
Masan MEATLife introduced the officially certified MEATDeli chilled meat brandin 2018 following the commissioning of its first chilled meat processing plantin the northern province of Ha Nam.
It is the only branded chilled meat product in Vietnam that meets the GlobalStandard for Food Safety established by the British Retailer Consortium.
According to Stefan Henn, Masan MeatLife’s R&D director and German masterbutcher and meat technologist, chilled pork meat has higher safety, consistentquality, better tenderness, meatier aroma, and longer shelf life and is easierto digest./.
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