Introduction

It is essentially an animal protein meal which can be incorporated in feed formulations of poultry and piggery by substituting fish meal, meat meal and maize which are not abundantly available in the country and are also costly.The process for preparation of fleshing meal involves washing of limed fleshings available abundantly in the beamhouse of a tannery, followed by deliming, degreasing and subsequent drying as well as pulverizing to get the product in powder form.The unique feature is that the process provides an eco-friendly as well as economical option to convert limed fleshing, which would otherwise add to pollution and disposal problem, into an animal feed, thereby creating value addition and utility to a byproduct of tannery.

Machinery / Equipments: Tubs, drums, air blowers

Raw Materials: Tannery fleshings from hides and skins (Tannery byproduct)

Status Of Commercialization : Licensed

Techno Economics: Two tonnes of raw fleshing/day. Optimum investment: Rs. 50 Lakhs.

For further information please contact:

Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI),
Director
Adyar
Chennai 600020
Tamil Nadu,
India