IDB Chief tours high-tech slaughtering facility

MINA, Saudi Arabia, December 09, SPA -- Islamic Development Bank
(IDB) President Ahmad Muhammad Ali conducted yesterday a tour of
Moaisem Abattoirs’ operation and praised the high-tech slaughtering
facility in Mina.

He said "some unregulated slaughtering around the facility has an
adverse effect on the sanitary and environmental conditions of the
area.”


Ali said that people had to be informed through the media and other
means about the health hazard the unregulated slaughtering posed. He
appealed to the media to assist in educating pilgrims about the
health risks of “unregulated slaughtering.”

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched a program for optimal
utilization of sacrificial meat in 1983.


According to the program for the Utilization of Sacrificial Animals
during Hajj, which is managed by the IDB, pilgrims can purchase
coupons and delegate the bank to sacrifice an animal on their behalf.
The idea behind the program is to make use of the meat by
distributing it to the poor and needy both in the Kingdom and abroad.



The IDB chief said that since the IDB had been involved in the
program, it had made various improvements in order to meet the
requirements of the ever-increasing demand.