A MODERN slaughterhouse that can process 1,000 hogs daily will operate in Asturias town by December 2019.
The 5,000-square-meter-slaughterhouse facility is part of the 360-hectare property owned by Virginia Farms Inc.
Rolando E. Tambago, President of Virginia Farms Inc. they partnered with European Companies to insure that every cut of meat is at its best quality.
Tambago said their new slaughterhouse is different from the others, from the process of killing the hogs to the distribution of their meats to their meat shops.
They also highlighted the safety of their hogs amidst the African Swine Fever issue in Luzon.
"We have the best practices in bio-security and one of our strengths is we have a huge property and we are very far from the neighborhood. Aside from that, we have adapted a protocol of bio-security, every part of this slaughterhouse building has a different protocol. This is to make sure that everything is safe."
Tambago said their breeding method which is called the Great Grand Parent (GGP), hogs that were imported from Canada and USA.
However, Tambago said they don't always import hogs from Canada and USA because one hog can already produce at least 11 hogs.
"We don't always need to import because once these hogs produces let's say 11 hogs then there is no need to import much," said Tambago
Tambago led a media tour of the Asturias facility Friday, Oct. 4.
He said in slaughtering the hogs, they made sure that it will not be stressful to the hogs.
"If the hogs are not stressed then its meat quality would be much better," Tambago added.
Aside from producing the best meat quality, Tambago also said that they also want to improve the social economic needs of Asturias.
The new slaughterhouse of Virginia Farms paved way to more job opportunities to the residents of Asturias. (Rebecah Roberts)