Dubai: Dubai Municipality will open Al Lisaili abattoir with advanced equipment and tools on July 1, the civic body said on Tuesday.
“The new abattoir is characterised by many modern features and standards, including compliance with the green building requirements approved by Dubai Municipality,” said Ali Tahir Al Hammadi, Head of the Abattoirs Section in the Municipality
“We have taken into account the environmental conservation systems by reducing the thermal emission and followed a centralised system for cleaning the slaughtering halls and thus reduce the use of cleaning equipment and materials in addition to reducing the effort of workers and water consumption,” he said in a press release.
Al Hammadi said that the standards applied in the abattoir include heating water using solar energy, which contributes to the rationalisation of the expenses required for heating the water used in the slaughter halls by burning fuel.
“There is a hand sterilisation and shoe cleaning station at the entrance to the hall equipped with sensors that do not allow workers to enter the hall without sterilisation of hands and cleaning shoes.”
“The abattoir contains boxes for slaughtering cattle that have the advantage of calculating the number of animals slaughtered and a special box for the slaughter of camels, which is one of the devices that are used for the first time in the Middle East,” he said.
“These boxes contribute to the full control of the health and safety of workers and the application of animal welfare standards and halal slaughter. An automated line is installed to empty the viscera and transfer them automatically from the hall to the waste room without intervention of workers,” Al Hammadi said.
