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Location and Area
Al Shaheer Slaughtering facility is located in the agricultural area of Gadap Town near Karachi. The plant, build on 8 acres of land, comprises of two abattoirs, Cold Storage units, Lairage, Offal Area, Management Offices and Canteen and Residence for staff. |
Lairage
The lairage area is covered providing protections against adverse weather conditions for cattle waiting for slaughtering. It is constructed of suitable impervious material so as to facilitate easy and thorough cleaning. Facilities have also been provided for the ante-mortem inspection to take place and detention facilities of animals that requires further inspection and evaluation. The floors and passage ways are impervious and properly sloped to ensure the satisfactory drainage. The floor has been surfaced to ensure that the animals have a safe foothold. Furthermore the lairage also contains feed trough (only when the Cattles are kept twenty four hours at slaughterhouse before slaughtering) and water troughs in each pen or stall. There is a facility for washing and disinfecting for all types of cattle transport vehicles. These facilities and equipment are maintained in good working order. |
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Production
Al Shaheer has state of the art slaughtering and storage facility. The fully automated Slaughtering plant has been imported from Australia from Nippon meat industry which is the third largest meat processing company in the world. The plant has capacity of 80 head / hour for large animals and 2000 small animals per day and is amongst the largest private slaughterhouse of Pakistan. Foreign technicians and experts were involved in setting up of the plant and in the training of the staff.
The plant has been developed keeping international standards of food safety and hygiene. The entire construction and design has been made to prevent contamination and bacteria from affecting the food. |
All floors, walls, covings, doors, windows, ceilings / over head fixture and stairs, in the production area, are constructed of material that is durable easy to clean and suitable for arduous nature of slaughter house.
In order to prevent contamination the plant also comprises of laboratory where our food technicians and microbiologist perform and evaluate several tests for potential microbiological and bacterial growth that may harm the meat. Appropriate proactive measures are taken to prevent any potential contamination.
Furthermore our Quality Assurance team comprises of food technicians and Veterinary doctors who insure that all SOPs related to food safety, hygiene and meat quality are implemented at fullest. The veterinary doctors perform ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of animals and meat in order to ensure that the animal that is to be slaughtered is in good health and free from diseases and the animals’ meat that is eventually obtained is fit and healthy for human consumption.
Laboratory and Quality Assurance
In order to prevent contamination the plant also comprises of laboratory where our food technicians and microbiologist perform and evaluate several tests for potential microbiological and bacterial growth that may harm the meat. Appropriate proactive measures are taken to prevent any potential contamination.
Furthermore our Quality Assurance team comprises of food technicians and Veterinary doctors who insure that all SOPs related to food safety, hygiene and meat quality are implemented at fullest. The veterinary doctors perform ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of animals and meat in order to ensure that the animal that is to be slaughtered is in good health and free from diseases and the animals’ meat that is eventually obtained is fit and healthy for human consumption. |
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Chillers and Cold Storage
Due to perishable nature of our product and to increase its shelf life chillers, freezers and Cold storage rooms have been developed. The total freezing capacity at Al Shaheer is around 40 tons at a time.
Managing temperature effectively is very critical for food safety. The temperature is reduced so as to retard the microbial growth and increase the shelf life of the meat. Thus trained and qualified staff has been appointed to ensure that each of the chiller, freezer and cold storage so as to ensure appropriate temperature is achieved before the product is eventually shipped. |
Transportation
Company has several refrigerated trucks to carry its products from the plant to the port. The product rapped in cotton cloth is placed in refrigerated trucks. The refrigerator in trucks are deigned to maintain the temperature of the meat so as to avoid any bacterial growth.
These refrigerated trucks are cleaned every time a new shipment is prepared so as to avoid any cross contamination prior to loading of the product. |
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