Milk Hygiene & Public Health

Lecture#01 (18/01/2017)                                                             

1.      INTRODUCTION TO MEAT INDUSTRY

The Meat Industry contains legislation to which food business operators, authorized officers and policy makers may refer for information and a widely agreed view of good practice. Guidance is aimed at both new and established businesses involved in the slaughter, cutting and processing of fresh meat, and especially those subject to veterinary control by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Great Britain or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Department (DARD) in Northern Ireland or any other regulatory body at any respective country. 

Meat production in Pakistan exceeded 2.2 million metric tons in 2009-2010 and the domestic market for beef is growing at a rate of about 2.73 percent and about 2.9 percent for mutton. The total size of the market for chilled and frozen halal meat in Middle Eastern region is approximately USD 3 billion which shows that the sector holds high potential for growth. Halal meat is also one of the fastest growing segments within the global food trade. Between 2001 and 2009, the global beef trade grew at an average of 10.4 per cent to reach just over $30 billion, according to data available from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). However, the market for Halal beef imports in the Middle East and Southeast Asia alone grew by over 18.2 per cent to reach just under $2 billion a year during that same period. In spite of the huge potential, meat industry in Pakistan faces many challenges. Some of these problems include lack of infrastructure and services for meat processing, lack of exposure to premium markets and their quality and certification requirements, absence of quality meat breeds for higher yields per animal, over regulated meat prices, livestock markets /“Mandis” are in efficient and quality and health standards are either non-existent or loosely defined.

All Pakistan Meat Exporters & Processors Association (APMEPA)

To support and promote meat and allied sector locally and globally, all Pakistan meat exporters & Processor Association is committed to seek opportunities to promote meat industry as a whole through events, knowledge sharing, networking and standardization. It includes the major beef and goat approved slaughtering and cutting companies in Pakistan and also the exporters who have leased their facilities.

Punjab Agriculture Meat and Meat Company with International Certifications

At PAMCO, staffs are committed to provide quality and safe products & services to satisfy the needs of our valued customers. They ensure Halal, Healthy and Hygienic meat & by products in local & export markets through compliance of Halal & international quality standards. Quality & Food Safety Management Systems at LMPC are certified by the 3rd Party Certification body;

1.      Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) produces safe and healthy meat & by-products. HACCP is an international food-safety standard used for preventing microbiological, chemical and physical hazards transferred from the food supply chain.

2.      Punjab Halal Development Agency awarded Certificate of Halal Products to Punjab Mashhad Meat Complex (Owned by PAMCO).

3.      Lahore Meat Production Company (LMPC) is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001: 2008   certified  which  ensures  that  LMPC  has  adopted this  internationally recognized  Quality  Management  System  that  describes  the  key  elements  for  the adequacy, effectiveness and complaints to ensure the hygiene and safety of the products.

4.      LMPC ensures Halal Food Management System (HFMS) with manual slaughtering (Islamic Zabeeha) and processing as per Shariah Compliance. The procedures have been assessed by the authentic institutions for granting Halal certification.

5.      Global Good Agricultural Practice (G.A.P) Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) standards are pre-farm gate or on-farm standards that cover the certification of livestock & agriculture production process of the primary product. At PAMCO, we are committed through compliance of these standards, to reduce food borne hazards at primary production level and produce high quality products for local & export markets.

6.      LMPC is certified by HFMS as well as by Punjab Halal Development Agency, Government of the Punjab.  

 Meat business in Pakistan

1.      Several companies from Pakistan have entered the red meat export business and even more are in the process of entering the market. The oldest and one of the most successful of these is PK Livestock, a Karachi-based abattoir which has been exporting red meat to the Middle East for over two decades.

2.      Zenith, a Lahore-based exporter, became the first Pakistani company to sell beef to Malaysia, after the Malaysian government relaxed its regulatory requirements for Pakistani exporters.

3.      Others, such as OMC and the Al Shaheer Corporation, have also successfully begun exporting to the Middle East and are aggressively seeking regulatory approvals for markets further afield in Southeast Asia.

4.      Pakistan’s total meat exports may come close to $100 million in 2011 and could surpass the $500 million mark in about five years.

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