Stone laid for RO 37m meat company
Abdul Salam bin Nasser al Kharousi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Omani Food Investment Holding Company, said that the idea of food security projects was part of the efforts of the Sultanate to increase self-sufficiency of these commodities to more than 80 per cent with other projects, taking into account the geographical distribution of this types of projects in the governorates of the Sultanate.
He added that Al Bashayer Meat Company implemented by the Omani Food Investment Company in cooperation with government investment and the Arab Authority for Investment and Agricultural Development is the first integrated red meat project in the Arab region with a capital of RO 37 million.
He said that the project will generate around 500 jobs for Omani youth at various stages of the project, in addition to creating investment opportunities for small and medium enterprises in various fields including supply, maintenance, transport and supply of materials used in the production process.
Saleh bin Mohammed al Shanfari, Chief Executive Officer of Oman Food Investment Holding Company, said that the Al Bashayer Meat Company is one of the largest food production projects in the Arab world. It is a continuation of the Omani food security projects in the Sultanate, which promotes self-sufficiency in meat products and derivatives, in addition to enhancing the added value of these projects at all levels in the Sultanate, thus contributing to the advancement of food industries in the Sultanate and achieving food security.
The ceremony included a presentation by Dr Ghaleb bin Said al Saeedi, Director-general of the company, which dealt with the components of the project which contains a veterinary quarry, animal husbandry pens, advanced slaughterhouse, two plants for product manufacturing and utilization of slaughtering wastes, as well as animal pens.