This was announced by the President of the company "Auchan Retail" Jean-Pierre Germain on Friday during the meeting with Tambov Governor Aleksandr Nikitin at the St. Petersburg international economic forum, said in a press release of the regional administration.

Meat processing plant, according to the press service, plans to produce up to 40 thousand tons of meat products from pork, beef, lamb, including the standard "Halal".

To purchase raw materials will not only farms, but also farmers, and, under long-term contracts (five years), the report says.