Pork: New Plant in El Salvador

A 5,000 square meter industrial plant with the capacity to process 95 pigs per hour was inaugurated in the municipality of San Juan Opico, department of La Libertad.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

The project, which required more than $5 million in investment, was financed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which contributed $2.3 million, and the remaining amount was disbursed by the Salvadoran Meat Industry (INCARSA).

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The pig slaughterhouse will operate as an industrial plant that will comply with national and international standards, in order to achieve an improvement in the competitiveness of the sector, according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador.

Federico Fernandez, Vice-President of INCARSA, told Laprensagrafica.com that "... One of our short-term objectives is to access international markets, that the plant not only serves to raise the national standard of quality of meat, but also allows us to access regional and international markets and, mainly, that there can be trade in both ways with the United States."

The article adds that the plant "... has been designed to meet all the standards and regulations required by the United States. The working arrangements allow the producer who owns the livestock to bring it to the plant for processing and delivery to customers; the plant can also buy the pig from the producer and take the meat cuts to market."

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