Royal Dornoch
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Highland Lamb Processing Plant
Scotch Premier's EU approved facility at Royal Dornoch
in Sutherland, officially opened on 1st October 2002, is dedicated to
the processing of high quality lamb from the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland.
There are currently approximately 14 staff employed at the premises, which
currently handles approximately 2000 lambs a week, but it is anticipated
numbers will increase to 51 when full production of 5000 lambs a week
is reached.
Scotch Premier Highland Lamb production is based on a unique partnership
initiative involving lamb producers, finishers and processors. Key to
this Initiative is the dramatically shortened supply chain - a widely
recognised factor in reducing animal stress resulting in a product with
greatly improved eating quality.
The aim of the partnership is to provide consumers with tender, succulent
lamb which has all the flavour and taste you would expect from stock,
traditionally reared in the natural environment of the Scottish Highlands
and Islands.
Working in co-operation with Livestock societies and Producer Co-operatives
throughout the Highlands and Islands, lambs are selected and transported
to finishing units close to the Dornoch facility, where they are "grown-on"
to meet Scotch Premier's target EUR grades.
The close proximity of the plant in relation to the finishing units is
much more "welfare friendly" with shorter journey times for livestock
and, consequently, significantly reduced stress on the animals.
Producing Scotch Premier Highland Lamb of consistently high quality demands
attention to detail at every stage of production from rearing through
to selection, transportation, finishing, processing maturation and distribution,
and consequently, our state-of-the-art processing facility at Dornoch
operate rigorous and comprehensive quality assurance and quality control
schemes all the way from the farm through to the end user.
Scotch Premier Highland Lamb is naturally reared, succulent, tender, full
of flavour and is a product of consistently high quality - qualities demanded
by today's consumers.
Scotch Premier's sister company, H & I Livestock Ltd (HILL), based in Inverness, have been appointed procurement agents for the Dornoch plant to ensure that quality standards are rigorously adhered to.