This document presents information on the impact of improperly located slaughterhouses near residential areas in Omdurman Municipality, Sudan. Data was collected through questionnaires, photos, and site observations. Slaughterhouses can negatively impact the environment and public health through pollution from animal blood, waste, and body parts; unpleasant odors; increased disease vectors; and potential meat spoilage without cold storage. Recommendations are provided to address these issues, such as locating slaughterhouses away from populated areas, improving waste management, recycling waste products, and ensuring hygienic meat handling and storage.

1. Presented By:
Dr. Abu Bakr El Siddig Ahmed
El Tohami (Associate Professor)

2. To identify and assess the impact of
irrelevant location of slaughterhouses
on the living environment of some
residential areas of Omdurman
Municipality- Khartoum State- Sudan

3.  1) Questionnaire.
 2)Photos for documentation.
 3) Site observations.

4.  A Slaughter house is “a facility where
animals are killed for consumption as
food products “.

5. 1) Animals Transportation
2) Slaughtering
3) Dressing
4) Evisceration

6.  Aesthetic and pollution related
problems.
a) Land contamination :
 Mostly, land contamination is an
aesthetic issue rather than pollution.

8. The main pollutants are blood , animal
dung , and body part:-
 They can introduce bacterial
contamination
 Increase in nitrate , phosphate and
sulphates leading to health problems .

9.  Improper waste handling causes
unpleasant odour and negatively
affecting the esthetic value of the
environment.

10. 1) Waste generated by slaughterhouses (
e.g. hides, blood, bones , dung , fat and
body part which could be used in:
 preparation of leather.
 chicken feed selling .
 Preparation of organic manure and
cosmetics.
 Bricks industry use hides .

14. Through the following sources:
 animals
 the slaughtering activities
 Vehicular movement to transport
animals and meat to and from the
slaughterhouse.

15.  Spoiling the meat Due to the absence
of cold storage facilities posing a
danger to the consumer’s health .

16. 1. Wind helps in spreading of
unpleasant odour and flies in the
neighboring settlements .
2. The vulnerability of
neighbouring areas to flooding by
rain water since most of the
slaughterhouses waste disposal
sites are located in elevated or
higher areas.

17. H) Slaughterhouses waste disposal sites
and their impact on the neighboring
residential areas :
1. solid and liquid wastes attracts
scavengers such as large birds and
homeless dogs

19. 2. Wastes provide an ideal habitat for
the breeding and multiplication of
insects (flies).
3. no waste management units in the
study area even inside these
slaughterhouses resulted in health
hazards for the neighboring residential
areas e.g. respiratory diseases and
nuisance ( nasty smell) .
4. No green shelter to reduce noise as
well as air pollution

20.  slaughterhouses neighboring the
residential areas resulted in a lot of
environmental and health impacts

21. A) Site location :
Slaughterhouses should be located
outside populated areas downwind
from the city far from river banks or
any other water body.
B) Land contamination:
Proper storage of wastes inside the
premises in an aerated area to
minimize biodegradation and foul
smell .

22.  Presence of a liquid waste collection
system to avoid any water discharges
outside the premises .
D) Air emissions :
 Development of Proper aerated storage
areas to minimize Unpleasant smell .
 Planting Trees around the
slaughterhouses.

23.  Improving Waste handling to minimize
losses.
 Open Storing waste in sheds to avoid
smell inside the facility .
 Recycling waste .
 Sprinkling waste storage areas with
crushed lime .

24.  Planting trees around the slaughterhouses .
 Slaughterhouses walls should be at least
seven feet high ..

25.  Regular medical checkup of meat handlers .
 PPE for meat handlers e.g. head cover
, gloves …. etc.
 Storing meat in hygiene conditions
, preferably on hangers .
 Provision of all necessary facilities and
infrastructure.

26. THANKS