The introduction of a traceability system within the livestock industrypromises not only an elevation in meat quality but also a substantial boostin meat exports. This revelation emerged during a recent review meetingchaired by Ibrahim Murad, the Punjab Minister for the Livestock Department,held on a Thursday. The primary agenda of this meeting revolved around thecritical topic of livestock identification and traceability.
Minister Ibrahim Murad, in his address, underscored the transformativepotential of the identification and traceability initiative, projecting aremarkable upswing in livestock exports by a staggering one billiondollars. He accentuated the global significance of the Halal meat market,currently estimated at a monumental two trillion dollars.
Importantly, he pointed out that current domestic exports stand at arelatively modest 500 million dollars, a figure the ministry aims toescalate to an impressive 15 billion dollars during the initial phase ofimplementation.
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Minister Murad was resolute in his assertion that the adoption of thetraceability system is poised to deliver not just superior meat quality butalso a significant surge in meat exports. By raising quality standards, thepresently priced $3 per kilogram meat in the global market couldpotentially command prices of up to $9 per kilogram, heralding a promisingfuture for the livestock sector and the economy as a whole
