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Friday, May 5, 2017
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BACOLOD City – A dressing plant for free-range chicken will be put up in Negros Occidental to help local poultry raisers thrive in the commodity’s growing market.
Along with a slaughterhouse for pig and cattle, the plant will rise in Sagay City this year.
Through the facility, the provincial government will process the products of the poultry associations which will then market the dressed free-range chickens, said Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena.
“We have already strengthened our production aspect,” Decena said on Thursday. “The target next year is to market the products.”
Negros Occidental currently ranks first in the Philippines in terms of native chicken production.
In 2016, the province produced almost 5.13 million heads of native chicken, followed by Iloilo with 4.16 million heads, Philippine Statistics Authority figures showed.
For free-range chicken, Negros Occidental has a weekly requirement of 5,000 heads, the bulk of which comes from Cebu and Manila.
A dressing facility that will process the free-range chicken supply from across the province is necessary to meet the demand, Decena said.
“This is how the provincial government works: equipping the raisers in improving their production and helping them process and market their products,” he said.
Once the plant becomes operational, the host local government unit will collect dressing or slaughter fees and meat inspection charges based on a local ordinance and National Meat Inspection Service regulations, said Decena. (Erwin P. Nicavera, PNA)
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