Students visit Golden Chicks
By James Kon

Showing the processing of chicken

Geography Club students on a school educational trip to Golden Chicks Abattoir

Twenty five students from St Andrew's School's Geography Club visited the Golden Chicks Abattoir in Mulaut yesterday morning.

The educational trip aimed at gaining knowledge on the processing side of the abattoir as well as the team work done by the workers.

The students experienced first hand the operational and processing done in the abattoir.

The manager, Awg Bohari Dasin, gave a briefing on the history and operation of the plant including a detailed talk on the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) programme critical to hygiene control of processing plants.

HACCP is the international standard for food processing plants, especially in the poultry industry.

Bacteria count and temperature is kept at a minimum, he said. Strict monitoring and constant supervision is required to meet the HACCP standard. And Golden Chicks had implemented 60% of the HACCP standard since 1999.

Awg Bohari and his assistant Ak Zukarnaen led the students around the Golden Chicks plant. They saw the steps of processing live chicken into fresh poultry meat products. Mrs. Fatimah, the teacher, said the students have been visiting various places in Brunei. This week, the Geography Club's topic is Industry in Brunei, so she wanted the students to see how processing plants operate and what factors affect the industry. She said the visit also served as a general study, which students can apply in examinations.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin