Breeding households sell VietGAHP pigs to supermarket chains

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Phi visited the model of the Pork Transfer Station in Vinh Cuu District. Photo: Phan Anh

Putting this Pork Transshipment Station into operation, MM Mega Market Vietnam is committed to consuming VietGAHP pork products of livestock households in Dong Nai.

Great demand for VietGAHP pigs

The pork transshipment station has a total area of 5,000 m2, meeting ISO 22000: 2018 standards; capable of supplying clean and safe pork products to MM Mega Market's distribution system in Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta, Southeast, and South Central. The transfer station is operated with strict control, following a closed process from farm to table. The transfer station owns a separate slaughter area, which is disinfected regularly; equipped with Oxy Fresh packaging technology to help optimize the nutrition and freshness of meat products. The process of transporting pork with a total of 12 specialized refrigerated trucks with temperature monitoring equipment throughout the journey to ensure that meat products are transported in conditions below 4 degrees Celsius. Besides, the finished meat is Fully packaged in each unit with a traceability stamp (QR code) to the farmer/farm.

The transshipment station - connecting the pork consumption chain between MM Mega Market Vietnam and Anh Hoang Thy Co., Ltd. went into operation, contributing to bringing farmers to participate in the production and supply chain of 100% VietGAP pork.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Toan, Operations Manager of MM Mega Market Vietnam said: “With the support of departments, sectors, partners and farmers in Dong Nai, MM Mega Market Vietnam actively participates in the develop a safe pork supply chain in the locality and surrounding areas. We expect the model to be a great step forward in providing pork food to consumers through the application of technology and strict control processes to the breeding process."

According to Toan, MM Mega Market Vietnam is a strategic brand of BJC/TCC multinational corporation, a pioneer in developing safe agricultural product supply chains with more than 4,000 employees and 2,000 suppliers. level and hundreds of partner farmers across the country. Choosing to build a pork transshipment station in Dong Nai, one of the largest and key breeding areas in the country with the goal of improving production capacity and scale to supply clean pork to the big market in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta, Southeast, and South Central. In particular, the issues of quality and price stability are focused.

More support for farmers on the chain link

According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province currently has 150 farms and 7 livestock cooperative groups that have been certified with VietGAHP standards. The total output of meat meeting VietGAHP standards is about 165,000 tons of meat per year.

In which, VietGAHP's total pork production is about 110,000 tons/year and total chicken production is about 55,000 tons/year. The province also maintains 7 disease-free zones at district level. Dong Nai is coordinating with the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) to survey and build 3 disease-free zones to meet OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) standards for export.

Ms. Mai Anh, Head of VietGAHP Xuan Truong Cooperation Group (Xuan Loc District) said that her farm is currently raising about 200 pigs. Many other members of the Cooperative Group also have a breeding scale of several hundred heads/household. Participating in the Cooperative Group, members must carry out a strict breeding process that fully meets VietGAHP standards, ensuring disease safety. According to Ms. Mai Anh, after the outbreak of African swine fever, farming households faced many difficulties, many small-scale farmers were forced to quit their jobs because the price of pigs dropped, and the output for products was difficult. towel. However, the members of the Cooperative Group still keep their jobs and make profits by participating in the linkage chain.

Mr. Dang Van Cuong, Deputy Director of Anh Hoang Thy Company, said that the business has 20 years of experience in the livestock industry and links production with pig farmers in Dong Nai province. Putting into operation the pork transshipment station in Dong Nai, the enterprise will continue to support livestock farmers along the production chain, supporting stable output.

According to Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Phi, Dong Nai has a very large proportion of livestock, so the organization of slaughter, circulation and distribution to ensure stable output for livestock products; Reducing intermediate stages in circulation and distribution in order to minimize costs and improve production efficiency is a matter of special concern to the province.