Meat Processing for Export :

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Bengal Meat Processing Industries Ltd. is a export oriented meat processing company in Bangladesh. The company provides fresh, hygienic and and alal meat. Bengal Meat is an I!" 22###$2##%, &''P alal certified company.

Bengal Meat has (een regularly exporting cattle and goat to )u*ait and +u(ai *ith a high degree of success over the past fe* years. Bengal Meat is also a regular supplier of (eef and mutton to five star hotels li,e the -estin, .adisson and Pan Pacific in +ha,a city. Production capacity is 2# tons of meat per eight hour shift. It has its o*n veterinarians present at the processing factory to carry out ante mortem and post mortem on the cattle and goat, hence ensuring a consistent and high /uality of meat.

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Overview Bengal Meat Processing Industry is the export oriented *orld class meat industry. -e produce safe *holesome meat and meat products that are of the highest /uality and standard for domestic and International 'onsumers. -e ensure meeting statutory and regulatory re/uirements and food safety re/uirements of ours consumers. &ccordingly *e meet *orld export standard and other (enchmar, li,e I!" 1 &''P Inclusive2, &L&L and environment license. Bengal Meat offer !uperior 4uality meat of 'attle, 5oat and !heep. alal, 3resh and

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Jon Schultz, CEO, Bengal Livestock & Fodder

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-or,er in a local Butcher shop *ith international 4uality

Mission$

To Be The Top Manufacturers "f 3resh,

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alal

Meat In The Local &nd International Mar,et

7alue$

Maintain 4uality !tandard To 8nsure 'onsistency, &ccepta(le

4uality &nd 'onfidence In The Products &nd !ervices.

!upply 4uality Meat (y9

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!ourcing 4uality

ealthy !toc, alal &nd ygienic 'onditions

Processing ;nder !trict

+evelop Livestoc, Breeding 3acilities To Improve 'arcass !i<e, 'onformation, Production 'ost. Meat =ield, 3eed 8fficiency &nd .educe

Live !toc, > 3odder Paddoc, to Plate$

Bengal Meat is a *ell?esta(lished Bangladeshi International 8xport &(attoir that is leading the field in value adding to the animal industry.

-ithin the past @2 months Bengal Livestoc, > 3odder 1BL>32 has (uilt a farm that has exceeded our expectations. -e have introduced ne* farming technology > modern feedlots for cattle, goats > sheep. BL>3 is currently gro*ing Mai<e, Aum(o, Lucerne, Blac, 5ram, 'assuria, Bapier > "ats. "ur methods for improving fodder gro*th through irrigation and returning organic matter to the fields have sho*n a huge increase in production per acre.

The green, healthy, clean feed produced is fed to the castrated cattle, goats > sheep and converted into meat that you see in our (utcher shops, restaurants > five star hotels.

Export countries :
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 +u(ai )u*ait Malaysia !audi

&ra(ia 1some countries2

8urope

Bright prospect of exporting halal meat to Malaysia from Bangladesh &s Malaysia has em(ar,ed upon a policy to emerge as the glo(al halal hu( and gradually stepping into that direction through creating institutions li,e glo(al halal certification, halal logo and (randing, there are huge potential of export of halal meat from Bangladesh to Malaysia to (oost its export earnings. &t present, Malaysia is a maDor halal meat importing country mostly sourcing its halal meat?(eef and mutton from India, &ustralia and Be* Eealand. The total volume of Malaysian import of (eef and mutton per year is around F%,### and @C,### metric tons respectively. But, the Malaysian importers can not import halal meat from Bangladesh as long as Bangladesh is not included in the list of eligi(le meat sourcing destination. Malaysia rigorously imposes compliance of national halal certification and the health and sanitary re/uirements for importing halal meat from a(road, *hich Bangladesh is yet to tap, as it is not included in the list of eligi(le meat importing destination for Malaysia. G&s a predominantly Muslim country, *e can penetrate into Malaysian mar,et (oth for its domestic mar,et and also for further processing and export provided *e can create necessary capacity and institutions to
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catch the mar,et,G !hafi ; &hmed, Bangladesh Malaysia told B+B8-!.

igh 'ommissioner to

The +epartment of 7eterinary !ervices of Malaysia has control measures to manage ris, in terms of animal health and food safety for imported meat and meat products. These measures include import ris, analysis, inspection and approval of slaughterhouses and processing plants. To carry out an import ris, analysis, the Malaysian authority sought for relevant information from Bangladesh and the licensing authority here plans to visit Bangladesh to evaluate the overall facilities, including the animal health status and animal hus(andry practices in Bangladesh, sources at the Bangladesh igh 'ommission said. GThe imports of halal meat from Bangladesh *ill depend on this evaluation and final approval in terms of food safety and halal re/uirements,G the source said adding that Malaysia *anted to ,no* a(out information on Livestoc,HPoultry &(attoirs, form of information on Islamic "rgani<ation for issuance alal certificates, information on &nimal and Pu(lic ealth !ervices. ealth !ervices and information on &nimal and Pu(lic

& Memorandum of ;nderstanding has already (een signed *ith Bara,ah Import 8xport 1M2 !dn Bhd, Malaysia and Premium &(attoir, Bangladesh, sources said.I Bangladesh might start exporting halal meat, fruits and other agro products to Malaysia. & high?level delegation of the Malaysian government today expressed ,een interest to import halal meat, fruits and agri?products from Bangladesh. The delegation led (y 'hief Minister of Perlis Province of Malaysia +r Md Isa Bin !a(u expressed the interest during a call on Industries Minister +ilip Barua at his office here.

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Industries !ecretary )

Masud !iddi/ui, Malaysian

igh 'ommissioner to

Bangladesh Aamaluddin !a(eh and 5eneral Manager of Perlis Marine 8ngineering Borsia,e Bin )assim *ere present. The visiting delegation also said that they had already ta,en primary preparations for investing in the ship(uilding sector of Bangladesh. -elcoming the *illingness to invest in the ship(uilding industry, the minister said at present the country is (uilding ships, *hich are (eing exported to many !candinavian countries including +enmar,. e urged the Malaysian government to invest in various potential sectors including pharmaceuticals, information technology 1IT2 and agro?(ased industry for the mutual (enefit of the t*o countries. &n excellent investment?friendly atmosphere is no* prevailing in the country, he said adding Bangladesh could (e a good destination for any investor. Terming Bangladeshi people as very creative and talented, +ilip called upon the Malaysian government to recruit more Bangladeshi *or,ers. +uring the meeting, he re/uested the chief minister to help solve various pro(lems of Bangladesh *or,ers in Malaysia. There is huge potentiality of improving trade relations (et*een the t*o countries, +r Isa said adding Malaysia *ants to improve trade ties *ith Bangladesh. e said he *ould share experiences of his Bangladesh visit and different potentials *ith the central government of Malaysia to enhance the (ilateral trade relations.

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LEI

contri!utes to processed meat export from Bangladesh

The Local 8nterprise Investment 'entre 1L8I'2 has recently signed a contri(ution agreement *ith the Bengal Meat Processing Industries Limited 1BMPIL2. ;nder this agreement, L8I' *ill assist BMPIL to conduct an extensive training program for t*o months, to increase its existing export of processed meat to ;&8 and )u*ait. The training *ould also help BMPIL to address production management and /uality assurance issues, and various social, environmental and . compliances re/uired for the international mar,et. This *ill create a pool of trained human resources, ready to explore export opportunities in Malaysia, )ingdom of !audi &ra(ia, Indonesia and other countries. L8I', a private sector development proDect funded (y the 'anadian International +evelopment &gency 1'I+&2 and managed (y I+L' 3inance Limited, is *or,ing *ith a special focus to facilitate inter?company long? term alliances.

"ro#en food: $ext !ig export !eamar, chairman shares his expectations *ith The Daily Star

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I/(al &hmed, chairman and chief executive of !eamar, 1B+2 Ltd, is seen at his food processing factory in 'hittagong. 3ro<en food has the potential of overta,ing readymade garment as the num(er one export item, says a leading entrepreneur in the food processing sector. GIt 1fro<en food2 can earn export revenue several times higher than *hat garments do. People need at (est t*o ne* shirts a month, (ut they ta,e either meat or fish every day,G says I/(al &hmed, chairman and chief executive of !eamar, 1B+2 Ltd. In the fro<en food sector, the company clinched Bational 8xport Trophy 15old2 for fiscal 2##:?2##C and Bational 8xport Trophy 1!ilver2 for 2##%? 2##: from 'hittagong. GIf the government supports are there, earnings from fro<en food export may cross (illions,G &hmed says. !eamar, 1B+2 Ltd is a su(sidiary of the ;)?(ased !eamar, 5roup. !eamar, Plc, the first company of !eamar, 5roup, *as the recipient of the 4ueenKs &*ard for export in @JJF and the first 8uropean Business &*ard in @JJJ. &t that time !eamar, Plc that comprises three production units ?? IB'" Building, !eamar, @ and !eamar, 2 located in Manchester ?? contri(uted F# percent of the export of fro<en shrimp and fisheries from the ;). &hmed says most of the Bangladeshi restaurants in 8urope import fish, shrimp, fro<en vegeta(les and fro<en pastry products from Bangladesh. !hrimp comprises only one percent of fro<en foods, *hile the demand for chic,en is higher.

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The 8uropean countries import ra* materials of poultry products from Bra<il under Doint venture and meat from &ustralia and Be* Eealand, &hmed says. GMonitoring measures should (e ta,en to step in the *orld mar,et of chic,en to ma,e sure that the food item doesnKt contain any chemical element harmful to human health.G 8urope still does not allo* meat from Bangladesh since the country is yet to develop cattle farming infrastructure and factories of international standard. There is certain mechanism in Bangladesh to facilitate shrimp export, and poultry or cattle also needs such a mechanism, says the !eamar, 1B+2 chairman. e also emphasi<es increasing productivity and ensuring facilities to (oost the export of fro<en fishes, particularly shrimp. G"ur farmers produce some 0##,g to %##,g of shrimps per hectare as against %,###,g produced in other countries li,e 7ietnam, 'hina and Thailand,G he says. GIt depends on farming s,ill and techni/ue.G To increase productivity, he stresses providing the farmers and *or,ers *ith training under government initiatives and involving them in entrepreneurship. &lso, leasing out *ater (odies can help farming through cooperatives, and training under private initiative can increase production. e also underscores the need for enhancing research activities to produce good spa*ns and improve the method of shrimp farming that involves rural people in farm level.

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&hmed says the lone la(oratory in +ha,a is not enough to test shrimps produced in 'hittagong, )hulna and 'oxKs Ba<ar. GIssuance of certificates after conducting anti(iotic test through this single la( ta,es 2% to 0# days, *hereas it ta,es only three to five days in neigh(oring India. -ithin 0# days an order can (e cancelled or price may fall,G he says. G-e need at least four la(s. It has (een our demand for years.G GIt doesnKt re/uire a lot of fund either,G he says. Many non?resident Bangladeshis *ill invest in the sector if good infrastructure and environment is there. G-e *or, *ithin a system. If *e get that system easily, *e *ill surely floc, here to set up different industries that *ould help us reduce production cost *ith cheaper la(our and (enefit the country through Do( creation and technology transfer,G he says. &hmed says !eamar, 1B+2 together *ith its t*o other sister concerns ?? IB'" 3oods and !eamar, 1 olding2 ?? has an annual turnover of L:# million, *hile the turnover of the three companies under !eamar, ;) chapter stands at L02% million. G3ro<en food sector has a huge prospect here and if congenial investment atmosphere prevails, the B.Bs in the ;) may ma,e a remar,a(le contri(ution to the economy of Bangladesh,G says &hmed, also the chairman of Bangladesh?British 'ham(er of 'ommerce.

onclusion :

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Though Bangladesh is not a country that produce huge amount of meat (ut it started to export meat to &sia, 8urope and middle east countries. In middle east accept Bangladesh in this sector cordially for producing huge foreign remittance. alal meat. -e are hoping for huge export in this sector li,e others. It can earn

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