2011  Meat Packing Plants

Establishments primarily engaged in the slaughtering, for their own account
or on a contract basis for the trade, of cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs, and
calves for meat to be sold or to be used on the same premises in caning,
cooking, curing, and freezing, and in making sausage, lard, and other
products. Also included in this industry are establishments primarily
engaged in slaughtering horses for human consumption.  Establishments
primarily engaged in slaughtering, dressing, and packing poultry, rabbits,
and other small game are classified in industry 2015; and those primarily
engaged in slaughtering and processing animals not for human consumption
are classified in industry 2048. Establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing sausages and meat specialties from purchased meats are
classified in industry 2013; and establishments primarily engaged in
caning meat for baby food are classified in industry 2032.