Mayor Carmelo Lazatin, Jr. on Tuesday has formally inaugurated the first automatic and humane slaughterhouse accredited by the National Meat Inspection Service.
Located in Sta. Trinidad, processed meat from the newly-renovated Angeles City slaughterhouse can also be distributed outside the city.
“We will ensure that under our watch there will be no more inhumane, animal torture, and abuse animals,” Lazatin said.
In the new slaughterhouse, automated poultry dressing plant, wastewater treatment facility, and its very own ice plant have been installed.
The environment-friendly slaughterhouse will be able to process 4,000 to 5,000 chicken per hour; 700 to 1,000 hogs per 12-hour operation; and 100 to 200 cattle and carabaos per 12-hour operation.
In terms of treating the animals humanely, the new facility will employ a humane strategy, where animals will be stunned first before they are processed. Butch Gunio
Lazatin’s Chief Adviser and Tactician IC Calaguas, who is also present during the event, said that the construction of the new slaughterhouse is achieved through a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)
partnership with Cabanatuan EACA Agro-ventures, Inc.
Under the agreement, Calaguas explained, the city government leased its land for 25 years to the private partner, with the latter paying monthly rent until the end of the contract.
In return, Cabanatuan EACA Agro-ventures, Inc., shouldered the construction, including the financing, operation and maintenance of the slaughterhouse structure, amounting to P80 million.
After 25 years, the finished stateof-the-art slaughterhouse will be turned over to the city government.
Present during the inauguration were Pampanga Governor Dennis ‘Delta’ Pineda and First District Representative Carmelo ‘Jon’ Lazatin II.
The city government is regularly inspecting public markets including those small meat stores in barangays, to check that all meat being sold is handled properly and safe for human consumption, upon the order of Lazatin.