Natural refrigerants for slaughterhouse in Brazil Using natural refrigerants in the food industry has been a topic of interest for a while. Especially when it comes to the field of meat production, ammonia refrigerating installations have been in use already for decades. T he same applies for the Brazil-based company Alibem Comercial de Alimentos Ltda. Alibem, known on an international level for their great meat quality, offer a wide range of products. In 2004, the com- pany began to slaughter 1,000 pigs per day; the production has since more than tripled. The production takes place at two sites in the Rio Grande do Sul region; 2,300 pigs are slaughtered in Santo Ângelo and 3,000 in Santa Rosa per day. This capacity increase was necessary as the company has entered new markets

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