Project Report on meat processing

Poultry  farms are increasing steadily. Many government  agencies are encouraging  poultry farming and even  short  term  training courses  are  organised  regularly.  Such  farms  have  generated considerable  employment  opportunities in semi urban  and  rural areas. Marketing of poultry birds is expensive and death of birds during  transit is the main bottleneck. This compels most of  the poultry  farms to concentrate on nearby markets even if it  means less prices. Instead, if these birds are processed after dressing and  packed in tins then transportation is easier, shelf life  of  the  product  goes  up and the product  is  more  hygienic.  Good quality  poultry birds are slaughtered and after  dressing,  they are cooked and packed in cans. This ensures longer shelf life and also  takes  care of problems associated with  transportation of live  birds,  higher  costs and loss  of  birds  during  transit. Proposed  processing  plant must be located in  the  vicinity of  poultry farms. This project has good potential in several  states of  the  country  and this note considers  UP  as  the  preferred location. Availability of know-how and Compliances, DFRL, Mysore, has  successfully  developed the technical  know-how. Compliance with PFA Act is mandatory.