December 12, 2012

KEPCO to operate meat processing plant in Kudappanakkunnu, India

Kudappanakkunnu, India, will host a sophisticated poultry meat processing facility which will be able to process 16,000 chickens daily.

The fully-automatic, zero-waste facility is a project of the state government-undertaking Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation (KEPCO) and will come up on the KEPCO land at Kudappanakkunnu which already houses its poultry farms.

"The plant will be able to process 8,000 birds in two shifts every day. Every bird that goes into the plant will come out as an edible chicken product. The plant will have an in-built meat rendering plant as well as freezer facilities,'' KEPCO managing director, V Sunil Kumar, said.

The advantage of the plant is that no part of a chicken will be allowed to go to waste. Waste products, including intestines and bones, will be converted into pet food and sold. "It will be a no-waste, no-pollution setup,'' KEPCO chairman, K Padmakumar, added.

KEPCO has decided to set up the plant in view of the increased demand for chicken and chicken products in the state.

"We are in the process of increasing the number of KEPCO hatcheries and integrated poultry farms across the state,'' Padmakumar said.