North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

• 31-33 - Manufacturing
• 311 - Food manufacturing
• 3116 - Meat product manufacturing
• 31161 - Animal slaughtering and processing

311611 - Animal (except poultry) slaughtering^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in slaughtering animals, except poultry and small game. Establishments that slaughter animals and then prepare meat products are included.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • beef, pork, lamb or veal carcasses, half-carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants
  • boxed and canned meat (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants
  • frozen meat and meat products (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants
  • lard and tallow produced in slaughtering plants
  • variety meats (i.e., edible organs), produced in slaughtering plants
  • wieners, sausages, luncheon meats and other prepared meat products (except poultry), produced in slaughtering plants

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • rendering animal fat, bones and meat scraps, or processing purchased meat carcasses (See 311614 Rendering and meat processing from carcasses)