First National Conference on National Meat and Poultry Processing Board

National Meat and Poultry Processing Board under the aegis of Ministry of Food Processing Industries is organising the first National Level Conference “Meat and Poultry processing Industry in India- Potential and Challenges” Exhibition-cum-Training on 4th, 5th and 6th November, 2009 here.

The Conference/Exhibition-cum-Training will have participants from Meat/Poultry sector, entrepreneurs and meat/poultry workers, State Government officials and all other stake holders. Shri Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister of Food Processing Industries will inaugurate the Conference.

Exhibition of 50 participants of the meat/poultry sector consisting of small micro, medium and large sector industry will be displayed for three days.

Films on meat/poultry sector, lectures from experts in this sector regarding slaughtering of animals, dressing, personal hygiene, vending, dispatch, capacity building, technology, quality issues, processing, packaging, R&D, cold chain and preservation of products will be discussed.

The first day will include inaugural session and technical sessions. The second day will consists of basic training of 100 prospective entrepreneurs in the meat and poultry sector and third day will have training of 100 meat/poultry sector workers. (EOM)