Mortality Compost And Sourdough Bread
In the words of my mentor, “You cannot make compost until you can bake bread”. The complexity of a composting process, the value of a balanced recipe and the importance of proper homogenization of raw materials can best be understood when compared to baking a loaf of sourdough bread. To make sourdough bread, one would need flour, lard, sugar, salt, water, and yeast. In addition to the ingredients, you also need a number of implements such as a mixing bowl, measuring cup, scale, wooden spoon, table, bread pan and obviously an oven. To knead the dough properly, you need a food...
Read MoreDenaturing Abattoir Waste Tissue – What is it and how can it be accomplished ?
Denaturing Abattoir Waste Tissue The South African Meat Safety Act of 2000 outlines very specific methods that are to be used when disposing of condemned abattoir waste. The four methods are: Denaturing prior to burial deeper than 600mm below ground Sterilizing Incineration Any other disposal method approved by the Provincial Executive Officer of the Department of Veterinary Public Health. In this series of articles we will be taking a closer look at each of the disposal methods individually. This article investigates denaturing and the practical implications of this method. Denaturing is...
Read MoreEnzymatic Treatment of Abattoir Waste Tissue
Is it just my imagination or are there a growing number of increasingly disillusioned business owners that have one thing in common – they all dabbled with small waste disposal processes that make use of proteolytic enzymes to digest animal carcasses and condemned abattoir waste tissue? At first glance, using enzymes seems like such a logical way to get rid of all those smelly waste tissue, yet the concept in practice just does not seem to work properly on any kind of single-user scale. Despite the fact that the science behind the use of digestive enzymes is very solid, it appears as...
Read MoreNew Emerging Technology For Production Of A Sterile Blood Based Fertilizer
The much debated issue of slaughterhouse blood disposal is one that is all too familiar at abattoirs and water utilities alike. Bovine blood used to be one of the hottest commodities that an abattoir had to sell. Bovine blood is rich in protein, and was the preferred source of protein in animal feed mixtures until mad cow disease reared is ugly head back in the 90’s. As more and more countries started banning the use of bovine blood in feed mixtures, a rapidly declining market turned what was once a very sought after product into one of the biggest headaches for abattoir owners and water...
Read MoreWhat Is Bovine Tuberculosis ?
What Is Bovine Tuberculosis This type of Tuberculosis is often found in South Africa and abattoirs, specifically quarantine abattoirs, may occasionally encounter animals infected with Bovine Tuberculosis. Proper disposal of carcasses and waste material from infected animals is therefore of great importance to ensure safety. Bovine TB belongs to a group of bacteria called Mycobacteriacea. These bacteria are gram positive, aerobic, non-spore forming, non-motile, slightly curved or straight rods. They are able to survive for weeks to months on inanimate objects protected from sunlight. They are...
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