A €1 million cutting and deboning plant was inaugurated yesterday at the abattoir.

The plant, financed by the Italian fifth framework protocol, includes a series of conveyor belts, stations where workers debone carcasses and equipment to pack meat. Rural Affairs Minister George Pullicino said the plant will add to the value of local products to the benefit of both producers and consumers.

The government will be offering the use of the facility to cooperatives and processors whose establishments comply with European standards. He announced that Malta has been certified by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) indicating that local beef is screened for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.

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