Department of Meat Science and Technology

Facilities:

  • The Department of Meat Science and Technology has established a mechanized  meat processing plant, carcass grading and meat cuts standardization facility and high-tech meat processing laboratory at UVAS Lahore campus. Main purpose of this facility is  training/education of students according to requirements of industry, as a training facility for industry personnel and as a research facility for meat science and technology projects.
  • Meat tech lab (CLC) UVAS Ravi Campus
  • Food Safety & Hygiene Lab (CLC) UVAS Ravi Campus
  • UVAS has a modern poultry processing plant at Avian Research and Training Centre (ARTC) for quail processing which is available for research on quail meat.
  • In addition to this the department has recently signed an MOU with Punjab Agriculture Meat Company (PAMCO) for conducting student demonstration and research
  • Construction of a feedlot fattening farm, poultry processing and product development unit and up gradation of meat processing and quality lab is planned in the near future.

Available Equipment:

  • Detail of equipment available in the department of Meat Science and Technology is as under. (worth 42 Million PKR).

Sr. No.

Name of Equipment

Sr. No.

Name of Equipment

1

Vacuum Packaging machine

19

Meat Texture analyzer

2

Modified Atmosphere Packaging Machine

20

Minolta Colorimeter

3

Vacuum tumbler

21

Electrical Stimulation Apparatus

4

Multi-needle injector

22

pH meter

5

Bowl chopper and emulsifier

23

Safety Cabinet level 2

6

Sausage stuffer

24

Vacuum packer

7

Cooking water bath

25

Weighing scale

8

Meat Mincer

26

Display Chiller

9

Meat mixer

27

Buchi Distillation unit

10

Meat Slicer

28

Centrifuge machine

11

Electric Meat Saw

29

Mechanical deboner

12

Ice Flaker

30

Chicken nuggets machine

13

Upright meat refrigerator

31

Color Test Meter

14

Chicken fryer

32

Water distillation plant

15

Electric Steel Plate Griddle

33

Lab air drying oven

16

Freezer (-20 0C to -40 0C)

34

Rational Oven Type 

17

Waste Chopper

35

Water Holding Capacity Apparatus

18

Automatic Double Chamber Smoked Machine

36

Digital Infrared Meat / Food Thermometer,