This document discusses reforms needed for Mongolia's meat industry. It outlines issues with the current veterinary system, herder management practices, and lack of coordination between businesses. The proposed reforms include strengthening laws around animal health, slaughtering standards, and traceability. Improving herder practices through entrepreneurship, feeding, and disaster preparedness is also suggested. Coordinating businesses through associations could boost investment, competition, and exporting of high quality meat and byproducts. Overall, the reforms aim to leverage Mongolia's grass-fed livestock into a premium natural meat brand through an honest, systematic approach.

1. MEAT INDUSTRY REFORM
Suvdmaa Munkhzaya

2. Food safety is a matter of national security. Food
security and safety ensures not only the public well
being, but also ensures the overall socio-economic
stability of a nation, hence the entire world.
Furthermore, meat is one of the critical and most
essential components of the global food industry as
well as an inseparable part of the human diet and
lifestyle.

3. STATE POLICY FOR FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE
Under regional economic development concept state
agriculture policy aims to:
• Intensify agricultural development,
• Ensure production growth, increase efficiency,
boost exports, and
• Improve food quality and safety
Source: Current policy for potential meat and meat products’ exports
Ministry of Food and Agriculture Mongolia.

4. NATIONAL PROGRAM ON “FOOD SECURITY”
• With the aim of ensuring food security and increase food production and
export, the Government of Mongolia approved National program on “Food
security” by its Resolution No.32 in February of 2009 and started
implementing it.
• National programmed on “Food Security” has
4 main pillars
13 objectives
77 activities
National Food Security program will be implemented in three phases:
Phase I 2009 – 2012
Phase II 2013 – 2016
Phase III 2016-2020
Source: Current policy for potential meat and meat products’ exports
Ministry of Food and Agriculture Mongolia.

5. MAJOR LAWS, REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND
PROGRAMS FOR THE MEAT INDUSTRY
 “Mongolian livestock” national program
 Comprehensive national development strategy
 Livestock husbandry and animal health protection law
 Policy Ensuring Food Safety Law
 General food law
 Border quarantine and safety inspection law when importing animals, plants, raw
materials and products originated from them
 Meat control regulation
 Code of hygienic practice for meat MNS CAC RCP 58:2013
 Slaughtering plant. Design for introduction HACCP MNS 5998:2009
 Recommended international code of practice general principles of food hygiene
MNS CAC RCP 1:2003 Source: Current policy for potential meat and meat products’ exports
Ministry of Food and Agriculture Mongolia.

6. Climatic zones in Mongolia
KHANGAI region - high mountain area GOBI region
STEPPES region
STEPPES AND KHEER
area

7. Climatic zones in Mongolia

8. МONGOLIA- Home of all natural meat
96%
0.71% 1.6% 0.3% 1%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Agricultural areas
2008
• In a country of 3 million habitants,
there are 55.9 million livestock
grazing on a vast 112.7 million
hectares of grassland with 600
pasture plant species.
• For thousands of years, our livestock
and nomadic traditions have been our
life blood as well as our savior at the
most difficult times in our history.
Thus, loving and respecting our
livestock is a major virtue of our
people.
• From pasture to plate, Mongolian
herders and producers supply all
natural meat and meat products that
are unparalleled in quality and taste.

9.  Mongolian livestock is raised in a natural pasture paradise.
 It is fed only by forage from natural pastures and free from heavy metals,
radio active materials and pesticides.
 Mongolian meat has more vital amino acids and unsaturated lipid acids
than any meat in the world, which makes it one of the best quality foods
you could ever find.
МONGOLIA- Home of all natural meat

10. Four products have been registered in the geographical
indications in cooperation with the EU funded project
“Enhance Mongolian export potentials through
geographical indications and GSP”
1. Horse meat of the pasture bred Mongolian horses
2. Beef of the cattle from the Mongolian Khangai
region (forested area)
3. Beef of the cattle from the Mongolian steppes
region
4. Mutton of the sheep from the Mongolian steppes
region
МONGOLIA- Home of all natural meat
Source: Current policy for potential meat and meat products’ exports
Ministry of Food and Agriculture Mongolia.

11. Number of livestock
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Horse 1,920.30 2,112.90 2,330.40 2,619.40 2,900.00 3,295.00
Cattle 2,176.00 2,339.70 2,584.60 2,909.50 3,400.00 3,780.00
Camel 269.60 280.10 305.80 321.50 349.30 367.90
0.00
500.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
2,500.00
3,000.00
3,500.00
4,000.00
thousandheads
Horse, cattle and camel
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Sheep 14,480.4 15,668.5 18,141.4 20,066.4 23,200.0 24,943.1
Goat 13,883.2 15,934.6 17,558.7 19,227.6 22,000.0 23,592.9
0.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
Thousandheads
Sheep and goat

12. Comparison between the number of
livestock, exported meat and livestock for
consumption
32729.5
36335.8
40920.9
45144.3
51900
55979
8373.7 8283.2 8365
10205 10400 10400
26800
10600
3100 3000
1800
11500
239.9 245.1 249.5 253.4 257.5 257.50
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Livestock
(thous.head)
Total livestock for
consumption
(thous.heads)
Exported meat
(ton)
Meat production
(thous.ton)
6% 7%
1%
45%
42%
Livestock structure
at the end of 2015
Horse Cattle Camel
Sheep Goat

13. Problems with the industry
Corrupted
BackwardsBureaucratic

14. We desperately need a systemic

15. Reform
Veterinary
System
Businesses/
Associations
Herder
Management

16. Veterinary system
• Animal health and inspection law
• Technical regulations
• Commercial meat from an approved and authorized
slaughterhouse
• Hygienic requirements (Anti/post mortem inspections)
• Transport Logistics and refrigeration industries”
• Stricter and safer requirements from wholesalers and
retailers
• Traceability from pasture to plate (farm to fork)

17. Herders’ Management
• Herders as entrepreneurs
• Healthy herd
• New and efficient livestock structure
• Better planning
• Regular flow of supply
• Decrease in pasture degradation
• Better environment
• Better animal feed
• Better preparedness for natural disasters

18. Lost potential recovered
• Healthy animal + Humane and sanitary
slaughtering + High quality processing 1.
High quality meat
2. Better quality Skin and Hide (Industry
improvement)
3. RENDERING INDUSTRY
4. Less waste to ZERO waste
5. Increased export for meat and other by-
products

19. Businesses / Association
• Healthy competition
• Entire industry improves, grows, and expands
• Strengthening of the Mongolian Meat
Association
• More investment in technology and R&D
• Continuous improvement and competitive
advantage

20. Premium Brand
• Unique features of Mongolian Meat and
Livestock
– Nomadic
– Natural
– Limited
Transforming our weaknesses into opportunities to
advantages.
• Niche market
• The true essence is the reform of the mindset!

21. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.

22. Nothing less, nothing more- All natural!
Thank you!