Ulaanbaatar
President Khurelsukh Visits Cheese Processing Plant of APU Dairy LLC
Economy
Sukhbaatar, September 12, 2023
/MONTSAME/. The President of Mongolia
Khurelsukh Ukhnaa recently worked in Selenge aimag, where he visited a cheese
processing plant in Mandal soum of APU Dairy LLC, a dairy production facility. The newly opened "Mongolian
Cheese, Shiguderi" processing plant is characterized by the fact that it
is fully equipped with environmentally friendly equipment that meets European
Union standards, and it is a major development within the framework of the
"Food Supply and Security" National Campaign initiated by the
President.
The cheese processing plant has a
capacity to produce 20 percent of the domestic needs of cheese and aims to reduce
import dependency and replace imported milk-free cheese by supplying organic
cheese produced from Mongolian cow milk to consumers throughout the year.
Surveys show that Mongolia imports about 3,000 tons of
cheese per year, or 92 percent of its domestic needs.
Advisor Tsetsgee introduced the operation of the cheese processing plant to the President noting that
"Mongolian Cheese, Shiguderi" cheese processing plant has the capacity to
produce 700 tons of final products per year, receiving 8-24 tons of milk per
day and it is a zero waste processing plant.
Specifically, the cheese
processing plant has introduced the production technology of three types of
cheese: cheddar, edam, and gouda by adapting the cheese production technology
of European countries to Mongolian cow milk.
In order to increase domestic cheese production, it is
important to pay attention to a number of issues such as developing the milk
supply system through creating a value chain, establishing an intensive model
farm, providing tax incentives to primary food processing plants, and extending
the duration of milk subsidies, emphasized Chief Financial Officer of APU company G. Enkhbileg in his presentation.
President Khurelsukh thanked the
national producer for joining the National Campaign "Food Supply and
Security" and actively working to reduce the import of food products and
provide consumers with organic products produced in the country.
"Mongolian cheese, Shiguderi" processing plant is
anticipated to make a valuable contribution to the
goal of fully utilizing animal milk and producing value-added products.
Also, it will affect livestock farmers to pay attention to the productivity and quality of their animals, prepare and supply good quality milk, regularly raise their income, increase employment in rural areas, produce healthy and organic food instead of imports and bring it to the world market.
