A pork selling shop of the Tin Nhiem Clean Food Service and Livestock Breeding Cooperative in Ngo Quyen ward in Bac Giang city. (Photo: Do Quyen).

Semi-industrially processed pork, which satisfies food safety requirements, will be available for sale. The pork is vacuum sealed in 0.3 to 0.5 kilogramme each package which is labeled with detailed information of the product. It is stored in refrigerators to preserve its taste and freshness.

Also, the cooperative supplies non-additive gio nac (lean pork paste), gio tai (ear pork paste) and sausage which are all hygienically processed. It has a production line with the capacity of up to one tonne of paste per day.

Some 15 tonnes of pork are provided daily for the market, mainly for local enterprises, schools, as well as other cities and provinces and delivered to Duc Viet Company and stores in Bac Giang city. In order to ensure sufficient amount for pre-orders, the cooperative has invested in a semi-industrial slaughterhouse with the productivity of 100 animals per day.

Semi-industrially processed pork, which satisfies food safety requirements, will be available for sale.

The cooperative currently has 12 members, seven breeding farms and seven veterinarians. The farms are being developed in Bac Giang city, Tan Yen district and Lang Giang district, each has a scale of 1,000 to 5,000 head of pig one litter. The farming process is carried out strictly, right from breeding selection to animal food, to ensure good-quality products. Pigs are normally slaughtered at 110-120 kilogrammes after six months of raising.

A European-standard slaughter is being built on an area of 500 square metres, including a slaughtering zone, packaging zone, the frozen zone with temperature ranging from -28 to -25 degree Celsius. It will help the cooperative ensure food safety and nutritious values.

With the efforts from production to processing, Nhiem hopes that he can change public awareness of food safety and consumption habits to use high-quality and hygienic food.

Lam Dung