Processing Plant
Scotmas products are designed to be integrated into the most rigorous HACCP regimes. We have designed powerful techniques that can be used at key control points in order to reduce bacterial loading to well within acceptable levels, while reducing wastewater output.
Our staff have a number of years experience in this field, and are able to assist in the design and implementation of appropriate monitoring systems where required.
The meat processing industry has the potential for generating large quantities of solid wastes and waste water with a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of 600 milligrams per litre (mg/l). BOD can be as high as 8,000 mg/l, or 10-20 kilograms per metric ton (kg/t) of slaughtered animal; and suspended solids levels can be 800mg/l and higher. In many cases, offensive odours may occur.
The amounts of wastewater generated and the pollutant load depend on the kind of meat being processed. For example, the processing of the gut has a significant impact on the quantity and quality of wastewater generated.
The wastewater from a slaughterhouse will contain blood, manure, hair, fat, feathers, bones and nitrogen, as well as pathogens like salmonella and shigella bacteria, parasite eggs, and amoebic cysts. Rendering is an evaporative process that produces a condensate stream with a foul odour. It is vital that the most stringent hygiene programme controls infection, reduces wastewater and eliminates foul odour.