The site shall be located far from any building Drainage pipes (cast iron or concrete) for

used for human habitation, and from any ruminal contents shall be at least 20 cm in
factory, public road or public place (at least 200 diameter. In the case of stomach contents in
meters) and should be free from dust, odor, swine, the pipe diameter shall be at least 15
smoke, and other contaminants. cm in diameter.

If located near a river, stream, or lake, the The sections of the covers shall not be longer
slaughterhouse shall be at least 10 meters than 1.2 m.
away from the bank.
The capacity of the dewatering tank shall be
The site shall be elevated to at least 600 mm based on the maximum number of animals to
above the adjacent ground be slaughtered daily at 0.014 m3 per head.

Base slab shall be made of concrete (150 mm Drains shall be provided with a deep seal trap
thick) reinforced with 10 mm rods both ways (P, U, S-shape) and rodent screens (127 mm).
with spacing of 200 mm or it shall be reinforced
with equivalent welded mesh. The area in front of the stunning pen shall be at
least 3 m in width to the opposing wall or
It should be made of strong concrete topping bleeding trough and be fitted with upright bars
(40 mm minimum thickness) (50 mm in diameter) spaced at 400 mm in
intervals to a height of at least 1.2 m.
The minimum floor slope shall be one degree
Illumination of 220 lux shall be provided
Both exterior and internal wall shall be
smoothly finished and impervious to liquids (up A re-inspection station shall be provided with
to 1.8 m), not readily subjected to chipping or handwash facility, a sanitizer unit and a 540 lux
flaking, and sealed at joints. illumination.

All wall tops and ledges shall slope at 45 For all storage rooms, an illumination of 110 lux
degrees shall be provided.

It shall be coved to the floor-wall and at wall-to- The minimum diameter of the blood drain shall
wall junctions with a minimum radius of 50 be 150 mm and shall be sloped not less than
mm. 170 mm per meter to the discharge point.

Ceilings shall be at least 3 m from the floor. The bleeding trough for large animals shall be at
least 1.5 m wide and 1.1 – 1.2 m for small
If an open joist ceiling is employed, the joist animals and swine
shall be treated to prevent rusting and
corrosion, and with a minimum center spacing
of 900 mm. Boiler room
A room shall be provided for supplying hot
If windows are necessary, it shall be screened water with temperature of 80 degrees C. It
and shall be at least 1.0 m above the floor. should be equipped with heating facilities

Window sills shall be sloped at 45 degrees For a slaughterhouse with a slaughtering cattle
rate of 25 or more per hour or 150 swine or
Doorways shall be at least 1.5 m wide more per hour

One drain inlet shall be provided for each 40 Water in the sanitizing compartment shall be
m2 of floor space maintained at a minimum temperature of 82
degrees C
Drain inlets shall be at least 300 x 300 mm. It
shall be provided with drain covers with It shall be equipped with refrigeration units
apertures having a minimum size of 400 mm2. capable of maintaining a temperature of 10
degrees C or less.
Refrigeration capacity shall be provided to
maintain a temperature of 2oC or lower. In If slaughterhouse is located near the dwelling or
holding coolers, a temperature of 4o C or less noise sensitive place, perimeter noise barrier
shall be maintained. walls of 2 – 4 m high and off site noise barrier
wall of 3 m high should be provided.
Offal shall be stored with an internal
temperature of 1 degrees C or less. Individual Expanded metal or wire with a mesh not
lockers shall be provided for employees. It shall exceeding 127 mm shall be embedded in the
have a 45 degrees slope and have a floor walls and floor at their junctions.
clearance of not less than 350 mm.
The poultry dressing plant shall be located in
All blast freezers shall be capable of area with at least 200 m distance to dwellings,
maintaining temperature of –25 degrees C or schools, churches and other public or
lower. commercial buildings due to possible nuisance
from noise and smell congestion.
Holding freezers shall be capable of
maintaining temperatures of –18 degrees C or Finish floor line shall be at least 0.8 m from the
lower. ground.

The rail spacing in coolers/freezers shall be 900 Floor-to-wall junction shall be coved with 50
mm for beef, 700 mm for pork and 500 mm for mm to 60 mm radius for easy cleaning.
lambs, chevon and venison. The minimum
space between carcasses on rails shall be 300 – All rooms in which poultry is slaughtered,
400 mm. dressed, or otherwise processed shall have at
least 323 lux of light intensity on all working
Shelves shall be constructed approximately 250 surfaces
mm from the wall and the bottom shall be 600
mm above the floor. There shall be a light intensity of 538 lux at
inspection stations.
An exit door shall be provided outside the
building with a width of 2.5 m. Convenience outlets shall be installed at 1 m to
1.5 m above the finish floor line.
Access from the meat handling area to the
personnel area shall be through a hallway or Ceiling should be at least 3 m in height from
vestibule. Illumination of 110 lux shall be finish floor line inside operational areas except
provided. in cold room.

Individual lockers shall be provided for The slurry volume is the volume occupied by the
employees. It shall have a 45 degrees slope and manure and water at a ratio of 1:1 (1 kg of
have a floor clearance of not less than 350 mm. manure: 1 L of water).

Elevated, concrete and 150 mm high lockers, The minimum diameter of the inlet pipe shall be
with lockers properly anchored and sealed at 0.2 m.
the base-locker junction can also be used.
The digester volume is 80% of the total digester
Clothes racks with overhead hat racks and volume is occupied by the slurry.
suspended boot racks, with 350 – 400 mm floor
clearance, and shall be constructed from rust The minimum diameter of the outlet pipe shall
resisting metal. be 0.2 m.

The minimum office space requirement shall be Concrete channels shall be provided from the
11 m2 for one inspector and 1.4 m2 for each source of substrate to the collecting tank with a
additional inspector. minimum slope of 2%.

Sterilizers shall be connected to a hot water in The floor shall have a slope of about 2.5% from
adequate amount at temperature of not less the inlet to the outlet
than 80o C.
The plastic tube shall be at least 200 microns. For the approach aprons, the slope shall be 3 %-
The gas chamber shall be capable of 5 % away from the building.
withstanding an internal pressure of 0.15 bar.
Minimum dimension of a doorway shall be 3 m
Scrape alley shall be 2.5 m - 4 m wide for dairy high and 3.7 m wide.
and beef cattle and 1 m - 2.5 m wide for swine
and poultry.

Headloss through the comminutor should range

from 0.3 m – 0.9 m.

The volume for interceptor tank should be 1 –3

times the average daily flow rate

Gutters should have a minimum depth of 760

mm and width of 150 mm with a bottom slope
of 1%.

Account for a freeboard of 0.3 m.

The minimum acceptable depth for anaerobic

lagoons shall be 1.8 m.

The basin should have a slope of 0.4 % - 0.5 %.

The bank of the pond should be not steeper

than 2.5:1.

The width-to-length ratios for filter bed should

1:1 – 1:4

Underdrains should be 100 mm in diameter and

should slope at 1%.

Windrows should be 1 m – 2 m high and 2 m –

5 m wide at the base

The eave height for a gable roof greenhouse

shall be at least 1.70 m with a minimum gable
height of 2.4 m.

The height of the house in the walk areas shall

not be less than 2.0 m.

Height of side posts and columns should be 0.30

m - 3 m.

Framing shall be able to withstand maximum

wind gusts of 250 km/hr.

For gutter connected greenhouses a 2% slope

shall be provided for drainage.

The recommended height between the eaves

line and the floor is 7 m and 2.5 m between the
eaves line and the apex.