Birds Nest's Cleaning Process

This is sad but the truth is this. Birds Nest contains very high soluble protein which helps in our epidemic growth and has anti-aging properties. However, most Birds Nests available in the market are processed using bleaching agents, harmful chemicals and contain preservatives. Thus, destroying the precious nutrients - the soluble protein found in Birds Nests.

We take Birds Nest's cleaning seriously.

Each piece of Birds Nest was cleaned thoroughly using only Reverse Osmosis Distilled Water. Other dirt and feathers were plucked out painstakingly using forceps. This is a long and tedious process but that is how we deliver quality Birds Nest products. Right from the right harvesting methods to our stringent quality control, only can we ensure the most authentic and cleaned Birds Nests safe for you and yor family's consumption. Your health in our responsibility!
Traditionally, the Birds Nests are heated dry using an oven. This resulted in a huge loss of Birds Nests nutrients after the direct heat.
At Company Birds Nest, we use a "Freeze-Drying" method to dry every piece of Birds Nest. This drying method is done by freezing water moisture and sublimate it to gas, hence all nutrients are able to perserved.
Birds Nests are a good absorbent. Swiflets' Birds Nests tend to easily absorb dirts and chemical elements from their surrounding. Thus, the environment is one of the most crucial factor that affects the quality of Birds Nest. At Company Birds Nests, we build our bird houses organically and use advanced technology to maintain the bird house's humidity and cleanliness. The unqiue design of our bird house is done to prevent the invasion of pests. Certainly, the Birds Nests collected from our bird houses is definitely top in quality!

Birds Nest's Cleaning Process

Birds Nests Cleaning Process:

Premium grade and quality raw Birds Nest were chosen in a temperture controlled environment to eliminate heavy metals contamination.
Next, skilled and well-trained workers were employed to separate the feathers and dirt using tweezers.
Using only reverse osmosis distilled water to ensure the cleanliness of each Birds Nests and the natural shape of the nest is preserved as it is.
Stringent quality control are carried out to ensure the each and every piece of Company Birds Nests achieved the specification set. Cleaned Birds Nest were categorized according to its grade.

Penang swiflet industry needs a proper nest

As Penang celebrates its month-long George Town Heritage Festival to commemorate the second year of the city’s listing as a Unesco World Heritage site, the issue of swiflet farming hovers over the heads of its authorities, posing a threat to the prestigious listing status.

Malaysia is currently looking at implementing the Swiflet Industry Guidelines for Birds Nest harvesters to turn the business into a RM5 billion industry by 2020.
The Penang state government will now need to make a stand on how it wishes to regulate this potentially lucrative industry.
The issue being faced in George Town currently is that the swiflet industry is co-existing along residents and businesses of the historic inner city.
So-called “restored” shophouses are said to be fronts of swiflet farms, since swiflet farmers are believed to prefer buying or renting properties in George Town, than locate their operations in an agricultural area.
Apart from posing heritage concerns, the issue of public health is one which needs urgent addressing.
The hardened nests made up of swiflet saliva have been a delicacy treasured by the Chinese for centuries.

The global market for Birds Nest is said to be worth billions of ringgit.

Because of the head-start it had about two decades ago in swiflet farming on a commercial scale, Indonesia supplies between 70 per cent and 80 per cent of the delicacy consumed worldwide, mainly in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Macau, Singapore and North America.
From the public health angle, swiflet houses are said to have the potential to spread diseases from bird droppings within an enclosed area and sewage, which are dumped into city drains.

The dried bird droppings have also been attributed to cause lung infections.

Apart from not allowing residents, hotel and restaurant operators and other businesses to operate in a healthy environment, swiflet houses are also being feared in George Town for its potential to cause damage to properties and result in the devaluation of these units.
In 2008, the Birds Nest industry was worth RM1 billion with unpackaged Birds Nest fetching up to RM7,000 per kg.
Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar had recently said the guidelines for swiflet farming were aimed at reducing red tape by making licensing easier.
He said the Department of Veterinary Services, which prepared the guidelines, were simplifying the process of obtaining approvals with the Health Ministry, Department of Environment, Wildlife and National parks Department, Farmers’ Organisation Authority and local authorities.
Among others, Noh said the guidelines encompassed the good husbandry practices, good manufacturing practice and edible Birds Nest certification.
They also cover import and export approvals, coordination by the department of city and town planning, registration and licensing.
George Town is currently home to an estimated 300 swiflet farms, which are said to be operating out of shophouses. The majority of these operators are believed to not have any licences to operate the business in the city.
The state authorities are now being asked to move fast to prevent further noise, smell, property damage and unsanitary conditions, which are now associated when swiflet farms over shophouses in George Town.
In stressing that they are not calling for a ban of swiflet farming in Malaysia, Penang activists are simply asking for the activities to be banned from urban and residential areas, so that the safety of residents and tourists is ensured.
All it takes now is for a special area or zone to be designated for swiftlet operations and allow the industry to soar and rake in the high investments it is touted to yield.