An Excursion of Taste From Past to Today: Namet Farm

Operating since 2013 within Namet, Şanlıurfa Integrated Fattening and Meat Plant is located on open land of 740.000 square meters. The annual breeding capacity of the fattening farm is 100.000 cattle. Besides, an isolation business for 4200 heads is available within the plant, which is distant enough. The slaughterhouse of the plant has the capacity of butchering daily 2500 ovines and 500 cattles. Being one of the special breeding farms in Turkey, this plant gives the taste of Namet products.  

Life in Namet Farm

The journey of genuine taste in Namet Farm begins in a lush field. It is shaped skillfully and prepared meticulously for you. Each step is sustained in a planned and systematical way thanks to expert engineers, veterinaries and employees. Using state-of-the-art technology in accordance with traditional rules, Genuine Tastes of Namet gets to you from the Farm to the Fork.

 

The stocks with the highest quality in the world and our country are raised in Namet Farm. Agricultural engineers of Namet prepare the baits of fattened animals 100% naturally and also these animals are kept under control by expert veterinaries.

Feeding the Animals

Fattening; is a special feeding program to increase the quality, taste, and yield in the animals. The open fattening method is applied in Namet Farm. Thanks to this method, animals are fattened in their own habitat while the most natural and tasteful meat comes to your dining table. The aim of fattening is to have a delicious meat as well as fertility. The optimum season for the fattening is autumn.

Fats in well-fed animals pile between muscle fibres and make the meat more delicious. The specific taste and flavor of the meat arise out of the fats. The baits in Namet Farm are prepared by Agriculture Engineers in a feeding, healthy and hundred percent natural way

From Farm to Fork

Slaughtering

Slaughtering is done by competent and trained butchers in accordance with Islamic rules under the guidance and control of a veterinary. The meat is aged for 24 hours after cutting. A team of examining veterinaries, food engineers, and food technologists is available at slaughter points
To have the quality meat, animals must be under no stress before slaughter. Shipping is one of the main factors that affect the animals before slaughter. Long hours of shipping, weather conditions during the transportation, jumbling of outsider animals and hunger create stress and fear. Putting water in front of animals at slaughter points, behavior of workers, at least 5 hours of aging before slaughter will help the meat to be top quality in all respects like its color, tissue, and softness. All rules are observed before and after slaughter in Namet Farm. Thus, the taste of the meat belonging to slaughtered animals is preserved.

Cooling

The heat of the carcass is 37° after slaughter. It is kept under 10°-12° to decrease from 37° to 25°. Then, it is taken for precooling in half-carcass stores under 0°. The heat should decrease to process and shiver the meat and the heat is expected to decrease to 2-4° within 24 hours.

Namet also provides a high level of hygiene thanks to its hi-tech cooling system. After slaughter, the meat is aged, processed, shivered, shipped and sold. The cold chain is never broken.

Namet meets all the requirements for hygiene from the cleaning of chill stores to that of interior and exterior of shipping vehicles. Moreover, an expert team works meticulously in every step of cooling, which adds much more taste to the meat. Cooling rooms and shipping vehicles are monitored spontaneously and recorded by computer systems automatically

Hygiene

Hygiene is one of the most important factors for Namet, which is why production facilities have been built in accordance with the most hygienic conditions. The walls, the ceiling, cooling fans, water pipes, and electric cables have been made as stainless materials. The production department is cleaned by an international expert cleaning firm and controlled each week after taking samples from production areas and equipment.
Infiltrating air through high-efficient particulate absolute (HEPA) is offered to production areas, which makes a suitable environment for food production. Giving importance to personnel training, Namet trains its staff before leading off and repeats its hygiene training every year. The staff wash their hands with hot water and soap in the first place and then dry their hands with towels

In the second stage, a system of washing boots and disinfecting hands is available in a fully closed disinfection unit consisting of 6 meters. The boots are disinfected by brushing system and hands are disinfected by putting them into double-pointed turnstile. After all these operations finish, turnstile opens automatically and production begins.

The samples are taken from the hands of employees and controlled micro-biologically. Employees wear steel vests, steel gloves and shoes fit for the food during shivering.

Namet preserves the taste in every step using latest hygiene technologies. The products reach consumers without breaking the cold chain from aging, processing, shivering, shipping and selling the meat after slaughter.

Packaging

The prepared products are directed to packaging and manufacturing via e2 cases. These cases are washable cases conforming to national standards. During the packaging step, the meat is put in the bags, vacuumed, pasteurised, dried, wrapped, packed and prepared for the shipping under zero order in accordance with shrink system. As fresh or shocked, the meat to be used in production step is shocked after being directed to shock units under up to -40 degrees and preserved off-the-rack for the next day.