CB Group (CBG) has unveiled its state-of-the-art air chill processing plant at The Nest, its eco-industrial park in Hill Run, St Catherine.

The $15 billion facility, the largest of its kind in the Caribbean, triples the company’s production capacity, positioning Jamaica to achieve self-sufficiency in poultry meat while significantly reducing regional reliance on chicken imports.

It will also bolster CARICOM’s goal of reducing extra-regional imports by 25 per cent by 2025.

“The air chill plant and the concept of The Nest is an example of circularity in action, and not simply about producing more chicken. This long-term investment shows our absolute commitment to Jamaica’s food security, the people who work with us, the customers we have the honour of serving and the environment in which we live. We’re doing things differently and we’re being very open, transparent and deliberate about inspiring the next generation to do things better,”

said CB Group CEO, Matthew Lyn.

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The new plant sees the relocation of CB Chicken’s processing operations from Kingston to St Catherine and represents a shift from water-based processing to air-chilling, a technology which uses cold, purified air to reduce the temperature of the birds after slaughter (the European standard) rather than the traditional “swimming pool” method that is still prevalent in other parts of the world.

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Source: CB opens Caribbean’s first air chill poultry processing plant | Loop Jamaica