The Cold Storage Commission (CSC) Harare Multi-Purpose Complex is comprised of a Local Sales Distribution and Processing facility, an Administration Block, an Engine Room Complex, Refrigeration, Distribution and Pet-food Facility.
The complex comprises the following facilities and capacities. Design throughput 1500 cattle carcasses per day.
Cold Storage
Refrigeration plant
Trupac
The sawing room is designed for the production of “Trupac” economy and/or cut beef. Frozen beef quarters are initially broken down before being sawn by band saws. The beef is packed, weighed and labelled in packs of 0.4 kg.
Capacity
Boning
The boning room is designed for the production of chilled, boneless primal cuts packed in cartons for Government establishments and chilled boneless sub-primal cuts individually packed in portions for supermarkets.
Capacity: 100 quarters per day
Pet-food
Waste products from the CSC Harare Multi Purpose Complex and CSC abattoirs are used for the production of the pet-food brand “Rex Pet”. The frozen raw materials is flaked, rough minced, fine minced, sealed, baled, frozen and palletized.
Capacity: 10 tonnes per day
The Sales and Processing facility at the Complex serves the local market in the greater Harare area by supplying it with beef and processed products produced from beef and offal. Raw materials originate from the CSC abattoirs.
No slaughter takes place in the complex, as it is the principle of CSC to slaughter the animals where they are bred.
The project is funded by Commonwealth Development Corporation and European Investment Bank
The standard of the projects meets with the EEC regulations.
INTERCOOL was responsible for all equipment and materials imported into Zimbabwe for this project, viz. the refrigeration plant, the pre-fabricated panels for the cold rooms, the principal process equipment and the rendering plant.
Furthermore INTERCOOL was responsible for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of:
Cold Storage Commission (CSC), Zimbabwe