Enterprises of the Vitebsk concern "Meat-Dairy Products" have directed over Br100 billion to re-equipment.

November 24, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Enterprises of the state association "Vitebsk Concern "Meat and Dairy Products" have invested over Br100 billion in technical re-equipment this year, as reported to BELTA by the concern's General Director Viktor Slavyetsky. The whole milk products production workshop at the Postavy Dairy Plant has been reconstructed. New capacities for cheese production have been commissioned at four enterprises, including equipment with a capacity of 20 tons per day at the Verkhnedvinsk Butter and Cheese Plant. A workshop for sodium caseinate production has been launched at OJSC "Moloko", and a cattle slaughter line with a capacity of 60 heads per hour has been put into operation at the Vitebsk Meat Processing Plant. Thanks to technical re-equipment, enterprises have been able to quickly respond to market demands and update their product range. Thus, this year the range of meat products has been updated with 253 items, and dairy products with 70 varieties. Modern equipment has enabled all dairy processing enterprises and meat processing plants to certify their quality management systems according to ISO 9001, as well as based on HACCP principles. The Vitebsk Meat Processing Plant operates an ISO 22000 food safety management system. The Verkhnedvinsk Butter and Cheese Plant was the first in the republic to receive a certificate of conformity to the LST EN ISO 9001:2008 quality management system and LST EN ISO 22000:2005 food safety. In January-October of this year, the concern's enterprises produced Br1.2 trillion worth of commodity products, which is 12% more than in the same period last year. 647 thousand tons of milk and 72 thousand tons of livestock were processed, which is 10.2% and 21.7% higher than last year's level, respectively. The state association "Vitebsk Concern "Meat and Dairy Products" includes 4 meat processing plants and 8 dairy processing enterprises. -0-