Global Veterinary Summit

Biography

Biography: S K Ranjhan

Abstract

Meat production in India is estimated at 8.56 million tones standing fourth in rank in world’s total meat production. It includes 2.2 million tones carabeef, 1.41 million tones beef, 0.29 million tones ovine meat, 0.60 million tones chevon, 0.26 million tones pork and 3.8 million tones poultry. Buffalo meat contributes about 22% of total meat. India is the world’s largest exporter of buffalo meat known as carabeef in the international market. In 2013-14, it exported 1.45 million tones of deboned carabeef amounting to USD 4.5 billion to about 64 destinations globally. In 2014-15, it is estimated to increase to 2.00 million tones accounting for USD 5.2 billion. India has a large livestock wealth consisting of 190 million cattle, 109 million buffaloes, 67 million sheep, 135 million goats, 10 million pigs and 693 million poultry. The population of buffaloes is growing at the rate of 1% annually as it is an economic animal for small-hold farmers who raise between 2 to 20 animals primarily for milk and secondarily for meat. One of the key drivers for Indian buffalo meat has been the growth in Indian dairy industry which is growing at a rate of 4% annually and is slated at 140 million tones production annually acquiring number one position globally. Buffalo contributes to about 60% of total milk production with half of the cattle population. The major export markets are gulf countries, Southeast Asia, Africa, CIS countries, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia etc. There are about 53 world class integrated abattoir-cum-meat processing plants following world class sanitary and phytosanitary guidelines of Codex Alimentarius for the safety and quality of meat production. All the plants have HACCP, ISO 9001:2008, IS0 22000:2005 certifications and have in-house Quality Control laboratories. The individual identification and traceability of the animals is maintained and animals are received from the disease free zones. India is free from all the trade related diseases listed at List ‘A’ of O I E, namely Rinderpest, Rift Valley fever, Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia (CBPP), Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE) etc. There is however, an insignificant incidence of FMD in few states.