EU - Ostrich sales go off, the first ostrich slaughterhouse was set up
Published:November 25, 2004
Source :Hoovers Online
Studanka (Zidovice, Czech Republic), ostrich processing firm, has commissioned the first ostrich slaughterhouse in Zidovice in the region Litomerice, the Czech Republic.
The slaughterhouse kills about 50 ostrichs per week. The firm should supply about 3,000 ostrich meat pieces to the market in 2005. The price of ostrich steak is CEK 320 per kg.
The firm exports the majority of production to Austria, Germany, Italy and Belgium. The company purchases ostrichs from Czech, Slovak and Polish breeders. It offers CEK 50 per one kg of live weight.
The firm also processes ostrich feathers and ostrich leather for handbag and shoe production. It breeds 150 own ostrichs in Zidovice. The number should increase four-times in 2005.
