AN extra 25 jobs will result from the investment of a $2 million high-pressure processing machine at Moira Mac’s Poultry and Fine Foods in Bendigo, according to the company’s managing director Dean Russell.The machine, which allows meat to be cooked without using preservatives by using cold pressure technology, was imported from Spain in October last year.There are two other machines of its kind in Australia, but Moira Mac’s is the first in the Australian meat industry to implement the new food preserving technique.Mr Russell said the new machine would allow the firm to employ an extra 25 staff, on top of the 40 it already employs at its East Bendigo site which was established in 1987.Mr Russell said a federal government grant of more than $500,000 helped buy the $1.2 million machine, which also benefited fellow Northern Poultry Cluster members Hazeldene Chicken Farm and Goldfields Turkeys.He said a further $800,000 was required to instal the new technology.Mr Russell said the machine allowed Moira Mac’s to break into the large supermarket industry, with four products that use the technology now at Woolworths and another two products to be at Coles next month.Mr Russell said the supermarket chains were looking at sourcing another 10 of the company’s products to sell.“This has given us a bit of an edge,’’ he said.“This technology means we can make products that are low in salt, preservative-free, additive-free and still have a nice fresh authentic flavour of the chicken, turkey, beef, whatever products we put through, with great shelf life of up to 100 days.’’Deputy Premier and Regional and Rural Development Minister Peter Ryan announced a $62,500 state government grant yesterday, to allow Moira Mac’s to use local trainers to teach staff to use the machine.Mr Ryan said the grant would assist in the development of the high pressure processing machine.