CP Foods makes contract farmers use preventive measures against COVID-19 outbreaks
Thailand's largest food processor, Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods), is taking preventive measures in all of its farms and also in those under contract agreements to mitigate the risk of biosecurity breaches in this facilities and processing plants as well.
Dr. Damnoen Chaturavittawong (D.V.M), Senior Vice President of Swine Veterinary Service Department at CPF, said the company has implemented more stringent measures on disease prevention in every farmed process.
CPF all farms’ basic work is to strictly on good operating practices in line with international standards, including implemented temperature screenings upon entry into the facility. Moreover, workers must go through sanitation and disinfection procedures such as disinfectant foot dips and hand spray. They are required to wear masks all the time. In addition, shared spaces, transportation and equipment are frequently cleaned by disinfectant and alcohol.
“CPF’s pigs are raised with strict farm biosecurity in closed farms with temperature control. All vehicles used at the farms are sanitized before entry. The company also regularly inspects sources of animal feeds to make sure that the supplies are disease-free as part of the company’s traceability practice,” he said.
The company also transfers the practices to all of its contract farmers to avoid the risk of COVID -19 infection among workers in the supply chain and ensure safety meat to consumers. Dr. Damnoen suggested that consumers should buy meats from trustable sources with clean, good animal welfare practices and international standard biosecurity to prevent food contamination.
“CPF has farmed strictly under international standards and animal welfare principle. The company also works closely with the government agencies to prevent contagious diseases in animals to ensure meat consumption is totally safe,” stressed Dr. Damnoen.
Earlier this year, CP Foods announced that its strategy of growth for this year is based on pork products due to the ASF crisis that hit most of the Asian countries. Luckily, Thailand is ASF-free for now and has become an important supplier of pigs and pig meat in Southeast Asia. Last year, the Thai company has bought HyLife Foods, a Canadian pork producer from southeastern Manitoba, for $500 million. The deal secures a new source of pig meat for Asia and other countries where CP Foods is present and is part of the company's goal to produce 60 million pigs/year within 10 years.
CP Foods has operations in 17 different countries around the world and is a vertically integrated company involved in pork and poultry, aquaculture, animal feed, and restaurant businesses.
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