The proposed abattoir project of the municipality of E. B. Magalona, costing P55 million and to be constructed in Barangay Gahit, will receive funding from the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The Western Visayas Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) approved the funding for the project, during a deliberation at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City March 14.
To be officially named the “E. B. Magalona (Saravia) Municipal Abattoir”, the project aims to build an “accredited slaughterhouse that will provide a quality and high standard service in slaughtering animals that will produce safe and hygienic meat for consumers,” the project briefer stated.
“This is to ensure that animals for slaughter and carcasses have been inspected by a certified meat inspector and follow the standards required by the law, such as Republic Act 9226 and RA 10536 (Meat Inspection Code), and RA 10611 (Food Safety Act),” the briefer added.
The proposed abattoir, a place where livestock such as pigs, cows, chickens, and goats are brought to be slaughtered and processed for meat, will be funded and implemented under the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) of the DA.
Mayor Marvin Malacon presented the feasibility study on the project during the deliberation Thursday, assisted by Sangguniang Bayan member Joey Pugales, chairperson of the SB Committee on Finance, Budget, and Appropriation; and Municipal Planning and Development Office head, Engr. Erwin Poniado, an LGU press release said.
The RPAB panel was composed of Engr. Moises Mana-ay, deputy project director of the DA-Regional Field Office 6, who presided over the deliberation; Lucenia Taberna of the Department of Agrarian Reform Region 6, Jasten Aires Ledesma of the Department of the Interior and Local Government Negros Occidental, Danilo Lorilla of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office Region 6, Nelia Villeta of the Department of Public Works and Highways Region 6, Engiemar Tupas of the Department of Trade and Industry Negros Occidental, and Stephen Santillan of the Regional Agriculture and Fishery Council Region 6.
The RPAB is an interagency multidisciplinary team constituted and mandated to review and approved plans, feasibility studies, detailed engineering designs and program of works of proposed projects for PRDP funding.
Now that the RPAB had approved its funding, the abattoir project will be up for bidding next, Poniado said. ||
