Chicken meat industry fast adapting to changing times
Published:February 23, 2023
Summary
Historic existence of Indian Poultry Industry from the last 50 years not only have created many milestones but also evolved as major rural employment generator producing the ultimate protein. Poultry meat production increased from 3.725 million tons in 2014 to 8.80 million tonnes in 2020-2021(BAHS, 2021). While the egg production increased from 82.93 billion in 2015-16 to 122.05 billion in 202...
Poultry Meat Production Industry for Food Safety .
1. Poultry meat is an indispensable source of animal protein in human growth and development, so it is in great demand by people all over the world.
2. Poultry meat has several advantages, namely the quality of nutrition is good enough, delicious taste, relatively affordable price, easy to get and accepted all levels of society with diverse backgrounds.
3. The era of globalization requires competitive products, such as chicken meat in India , the current chicken meat industry is not only based on high production capacity and decreased production costs but also chicken products are safe to eat.
4. As a consequence of trade liberalization, the poultry industry faces the threat of competition with cheaper products with better quality.
5. The food safety of chicken meat starts from the farm, processing process until consumed.
6. Food safety is a requirement of food products that must be handled by involving government, industry and consumers.