Olot Meats
Olot Meats is a leading European pork slaughterhouse and offal processor based in Olot, Girona, Spain, handling up to 18,000 pigs per day.
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Overview
Olot Meats S.A. is a Spanish family-owned pork slaughtering and processing company headquartered in Olot, in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It describes itself as a leading European company in pig slaughter, with a production capacity of 15,000 pigs per day, expandable to 18,000 across two shifts. The company operates a slaughterhouse with sanitary registration number ES 10.05357/GE and employs around 400 workers at its plant, which covers a total surface area of 13,701 m² with 10,162 m² of floor space. The company's core activity is pig slaughter and the management and manipulation of white and red viscera. It processes pork intestines for later use in the food market and offers a wide range of products including diaphragm, uterus, heart, spleen, testicles, penis, pancreas, aorta, epiglottis, trachea, cooked and salted intestines, rectum, liver, kidney, peritoneum, bladder, tongue, stomach, head, and pig crown. Olot Meats guarantees quality and food safety through traceability and quality management systems, and its products carry the official veterinary seal of approval. The company is authorized to export throughout the European Union and to most countries worldwide. Olot Meats emphasizes animal welfare, stating that it works permanently to comply with animal welfare protocols required by law and by its customers. Its facilities are designed to meet the highest animal welfare standards, and it holds animal welfare certification based on European Welfare Quality standards. The company also participates in research and development projects, including the European PASSPORK project aimed at developing a system to rapidly detect Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, Yersinia, and Escherichia coli, as well as a Salmonella control programme checking on-farm prevalence levels. It also engages in waste valorisation programmes. As a family-owned company with a social conscience, Olot Meats highlights its commitment to the environment, health, ecology, local communities, and initiatives such as REAQUA. The company operates modern cooling tunnels with fast cooling capacity at low temperatures (-20ºC) and a settling chamber at 0 to 2 degrees that can hold up to 6,000 pigs. Its in-house laboratories are certified by the government's Department of Agriculture and Department of Health. Olot Meats is a private company and continues to operate from its base in Olot, Girona, Spain.
History
Olot Meats S.A. is a Spanish company based in Olot, Girona, Catalonia, specializing in pig slaughter and the processing of pork offal. While the exact founding year is not specified in the available sources, the company has established itself as a leading European player in the pork slaughter sector. It operates a slaughterhouse with a capacity of 15,000 pigs per day, expandable to 18,000 across two shifts, and employs approximately 400 workers at its plant, which covers a total surface area of 13,701 m² with 10,162 m² of floor space. The company's history is marked by its focus on animal welfare, quality, and food safety. It holds animal welfare certification based on European Welfare Quality standards and is authorized to export throughout the European Union and to most countries worldwide. Olot Meats has also engaged in research and development, participating in projects such as the European PASSPORK project for rapid detection of pathogens like Salmonella and Listeria, and implementing a Salmonella control programme. The company emphasizes its family-owned nature and social conscience, with initiatives related to the environment, health, ecology, and local communities, including the REAQUA project. Its facilities include modern cooling tunnels and in-house laboratories certified by government departments. As of the latest available information, Olot Meats remains a private company operating from its headquarters in Olot, Spain.
Products and positioning
Leading European pork slaughterhouse focused on animal welfare, quality, and food safety, with export authorization to the EU and most countries worldwide.
Diaphragm
Uterus
Heart
Spleen
Testicles
Penis
Pancreas
Aorta
Epiglottis
Epiglottis Valve
Epiglottis with Trachea
Trachea
Cooked Large Intestine
Cooked Rectum
Rectum 40 Cm Inside-out
Rectum 80 Cm Inside-Out
After-End
Salted Original Small Intestine
Salted Large Intestine
Liver
Kidney
Peritoneum
Bladder
Tongue Root (Trimming)
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