Meat Export |
The Ethiopian Meat
and Dairy Industry Development Institute said the country has secured 72
million USD over the last nine months of the fiscal year exporting meat
to United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.
UAE and Saudi are
major importers of Ethiopia's fresh goat's meat and mutton, Institute
Deputy Director-General Khalifa Hussein told The Ethiopian Herald.
Khalifa further
highlighted that 60% of Ethiopian meat makes it way to UAE while 38% to
Saudi Arabia and the remaining 2% to other Middle East countries. He
noted that the country exports up to 50 tons of meat daily to the two
countries.
For his part,
Abebaw Mekonen, Secretary-General of the Ethiopian Meat
Producers-Exporters Association, said tangible tasks are executed to
meet meat market standards equipping the sector with modern laboratory,
chilled storage, loading docks and transport as well as certified
abattoirs.
He said: "We have
managed to make almost all abattoirs across the country implement ISO
22000 food safety management system that helps them meet international
standards."
Consultation forums
have also been carried out with suppliers to ensure quality of cattle
apart from capacity building trainings offered to workers in abattoirs,
Abebaw said.
Besides regulating
the market, Abebaw said his Association works in concert with
Association of cattle suppliers and the Institute to ensure sustainable
meet export.
Ethiopia targets to secure over 150 million USD from meat export in the current budget year.
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