danish crown horsens slaughterhouse, denmark

Of the pork slaughtered in Denmark, 90% is exported, and Danish Crown is the world’s largest exporter. Completed in 2004, the slaughterhouse at Horsens kills approximately 100 000 pigs a week, making it one of the largest in the world. It employs 1 420 people and receives around 150 visitors per day. The slaughterhouse was designed with openness in mind – every step of the production, from the pigs arriving, to the slaughter itself, to the butchering and packaging, can be seen from a viewing gallery.