Meat Processing Reports

BC Cattlemen's Association SWOT Overview of Specified Risk Material Disposal Options , February 2005 [164kB pdf]

Building Brands: Supply Chain Alliances in the Canadian Beef Industry, October 2004. Andrea Brocklebank and Jill E. Hobbs. [1.04MB pdf]

Business Plan for a Regional Abattoir in the Kootenay’s. Produced by Meyers Norris Penny for the Kootenay Livestock Assocaition, July 22, 2005. [243kB pdf]

Canadian Cattlemen's Association, Revised Action Plan, March 2005. Revised Action Plan since plans to open border were cancelled [20.3kB pdf]

Canadian Cattlemen's Association Strategic Plan , August 2004. Recommendations for recovery from BSE. [265kB pdf]

Canadian Halal Meat Market Study , Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, January 2005. website

CanFax Cow Bull and Case Ready Report. website

Canadian Renderer's Association response to CFIA regulations on SRM disposal, February 2005. Prepared by Humphry Koch of West Coast Reduction. [210kB pdf]

Feasibility Study For Energy Efficient On-Farm Poultry and Small Ruminant Processing Plants, The Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship, December 2002 [720kB pdf].

Guidelines For BC Food Producers and Processors on Selling to Food Service Distributors, April 2006. Prepared by Novacorp Consulting Inc. for the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. website

Guidelines for slaughtering, meat cutting and further processing , 1991. UN Food and Agriculture Organization website

IAF Livestock Waste Tissue Management Committe meeting minutes, April 29, 2005 [Word document]

Meat Sector Training Standards – Initial Industry Consultation, Final Report , May 30, 2005. Karen Hammond. [414 kB pdf]

Report on Recent Specified Risk Material (SRM) Meeting, December, 2004. Interested slaughter facilities may obtain a hard copy of this report by contacting email

Slaughterhouse cleaning and sanitation , 1985. UN Food and Agriculture Organization. website

Southern Gulf Islands Abattoir Feasibility Study , April 14, 2005. [1.62MB pdf]

Traceability and Process Verification in the Canadian Beef Industry , October 2006.
Prepared for Canfax Research Services by Kim Sanderson and Jill E. Hobbs, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan. [pdf]

Williams Lake Beef Industry Project Outline [Word document]