Meat vendors, butchers support city’s plan
DAGUPAN’S SLAUGHTERHOUSE
MEAT vendors and butchers in Dagupan City manifested their support to the city government’s proposal to build its own slaughterhouse.
The proposal under the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Zoning Ordinance covering the period 2015-2025, was discussed by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez during a one-day seminar on hygienic handling practices of meat products for meat handlers at the city museum on June 15.
The seminar was facilitated by the City Veterinary Office in cooperation with the National Meat Inspection Service with Regional Director Dr. Eduardo Oblina, Senior Meat Control Officers Dr. Jorge Bacani and Dr. Cherry Ann Javier as resource speakers.
Fernandez said the city has already identified a possible site for the city’s slaughterhouse, a project that could be implemented in 2018.
“We will allocate P30 million budget for the purchase of a lot and the construction of the slaughterhouse next year and we will make sure that this will be a model abattoir in the province,” Fernandez told the meat handlers.
The city is consuming at least 100 slaughtered pigs on a normal day and thrice the number during holidays.
“The new slaughterhouse will be environmentally friendly and will be capable of requests for 100 to 300 pigs a day,” added Fernandez.
Mayor Fernandez said with the expected creation of more employment opportunities in the city, it translates to higher consumption of meat products. (CIO/JCB)
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