Chicken ready!!!

In the Entre Ríos slaughterhouse, Fadel processes 160,000 birds daily in an automated process, which only lacks asking for drumsticks or breasts.

We have already covered two key stages of the poultry chain: incubation and rearing. After the 45-day fattening period, and with an average weight of 3 kilos, about 160,000 birds arrive by truck each day at Fadel's cold storage plant, located on a dirt road between Villa Elisa and Pronunciamiento, in Entre Ríos. The plant is not very old, it is one of the last ones built by the poultry sector. And therefore, it is also one of the most modern. Following strict quality and safety standards, in this facility the chickens are processed into various commercial products, ranging from whole chicken to chopped chicken ready to go to both local and export markets. The person responsible for ensuring that all processes are carried out as stipulated is Lisandro Bonari, the plant's assistant manager, who is in charge of about 350 people, distributed in two 8-hour shifts. "The only time the chicken is touched by a human is during the hanging process on the noria. We always seek to automate all ...