In 2020, a seminar was held online.

This industry talk discussed "challenges in the Malaysian poultry

industry". The objective of this discussion is to explore various strategies and avenues for the poultry
industry to diversify both in nature and scope and to remain sustainable. In this seminar, there are
several guest panels invited by the organizer, Datuk Jeffrey Ng Choon Ngee, as moderator. The
following shows his background: He is a senior adviser and former FLFAM president. He works as a
General Manager with Chop Cheong Bee Sdn Bhd. Chop Cheong Bee is a breeder of broilers. Apart
from that, the first panel invited by the organizer was Dr. Yap Teow Chong, who is FLFAM technical
consultant. He is a Veterinarian and has worked in the veterinary services department, the Malaysian
poultry industry, and as an international expert on reducing food safety risks in the poultry supply
chain. The second panelist is Dr. Subramaniam Perumal. He became the general manager of Farm's
Best Food Industrial Sdn Bhd in the processing department, where he managed the full spectrum of
food manufacturing operations. The next panelist is Terry Tan. He is the president of FLFAM. The
last panelist is Mr. Mohammad Sukri bin Yusof. He is the regional director of Agrobank in the Silver
Region.

The first topic delivered by Dr. Yap Teow Chong is related to downstream processing in
the poultry industry. In this lecture, we explain the classification of chicken processing, which
can be divided into three categories: primary poultry processing, secondary poultry processing,
and tertiary poultry processing. Primary poultry processing is the basic slaughtering of chickens
to produce basic chickens, which are slaughtered, bled, defeathered, and removed. intestines, and
so on. For secondary poultry processing, chicken is processed into parts. This processing is
practiced in larger plants, such as LoJI VHM, which produces super chicken. It also requires
skill or investment to operate a mower. For tertiary processing, the FPP plant is part of the
chicken slaughterhouse. It requires basic facilities, such as equipment and skilled workers. FFP
is a ready-to-cook (RTC) or ready-to-eat (RTE) product. The challenges in downstream poultry
processing are secondary and tertiary processing necessary for the industry to grow; unstable
labor supply and challenging processing floor conditions do not encourage local workers; and the
poultry industry in Malaysia has reached saturation point and needs an innovative regional area
for the future.
 The topic presented by Dr. Subramaniam is resource conservation and chicken
processing. In this talk, he explains waste in the Food Industry. The livestock-based food
industry generates large amounts of waste, increasing pressure to reduce waste and become more
efficient at recovering by-products. The current global discussion on environmental preservation
is the driving force behind the search for better waste management. Solid Waste such as Fur,
blood, inedible offal, and IETS waste Composting, Mainly for farmyard manure. Biogas
production requires sufficient organic matter to be implemented. Rendering is a process that
converts waste materials into stable materials with added value. This rendering system is divided
into two groups: dry and autoclave, or wet rendering. Poultry processing converts a large amount
of resources into livestock waste. Various technologies and options are known to convert this
waste into a useful resource.

The topic presented by Mr. Sukri is related to financial facilities. Agrobank was formerly
known as the Malaysian Agricultural Bank and was operationalized on April 1, 2008, by an act
of our parliament. Owned by the Malaysian government. Controlled by BNM through DFIA
audit guidelines and also controlled by M.O.A., sources of funds are divided into two categories:
commercial funds and government funds. Commercial funds obtain funding from the public
(depositors). Types of Financing under the Commercial Fund are Machinery and Equipment
financing (MAEF-i), Term financing-I, Agro Cash line-I, Working Capital-I, and Trade
financing-I. Government funds. Financing funds are allocated by Government agencies such as
MOA, MOF, and BNM. Types of Funding are Fund for Food (3F), Agrofood (AF), Bumiputera
Trade & Industry Society (MPPB), and SME Automation and Digitization Facility (ADF).