$20,899
Federal NAICS Codes
NAICS 311612: Meat Processed from Carcasses
Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 311612.
NAICS 311612 federal market metrics
- Total obligations
- $3.2B
- Total awards
- 12,427 awards
- Active obligations
- $1M
- Size standard
- 1,000 employees
What this NAICS covers
NAICS 311612 covers processing meat from carcasses into retail and wholesale cuts, ground products, and packaged meat items, including trimming, boning, grinding, curing, packaging, refrigeration, inspection, and sanitation and traceability practices.
Federal opportunities under 311612 typically involve supplying government food programs or institutional feeding with specified meat products, meeting product specifications, food safety inspections, lot traceability, cold-chain handling, packaging and labeling, and delivery scheduling and documentation.
FY2026 snapshot
- Obligations
- $28.3M
- Awards
- 117
- Average award
- $241.7K
- Change from FY2025
- +112%
Federal obligation trend
FY2022
$36.8M · 176 awards
FY2023
$15.5M · 175 awards
FY2024
$21.6M · 175 awards
FY2025
$13.3M · 187 awards
FY2026
$28.3M · 117 awards
Recent awards
$0
PUEBLO TRADING CO INC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B10626P00000407
- PSC
- 8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH
$0
SHAMROCK MEATS, INC.
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000289
- PSC
- 8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH
$0
ADVANCED COMMODITIES, INC.
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000290
- PSC
- 8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH
$0
TRANSFER SALES & TRADING, LLC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B10626P00000403
- PSC
- 8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH
$0
RAINMAKER, INC.
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B10626P00000404
- PSC
- 8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH
$0
NORTH STAR IMPORTS, LLC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000288
- PSC
- 8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH
$0
SHAVER FOODS LLC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000287
- PSC
- 8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH
FAQ
What work fits NAICS 311612?
- Fabricate carcass halves into specified primal and subprimal cuts with portioning, trimming to weight tolerances, labeling, and palletized chilled shipment.
- Perform vacuum-packaging or modified-atmosphere packaging for chilled primal cuts with lot coding, shelf-life labeling, and cold-chain handoff documentation.
- Operate portion-control lines to produce uniform steaks, portioned roasts, or ground-meat batching with documented yield reporting and batch lot traceability.
- Process trim and lean/fat separation to produce ground products at specified fat percentages, provide batch certificates, and maintain cold-storage rotation records.
When is NAICS 311612 a weak fit?
- Livestock slaughtering/abattoir operations: facilities that perform live-animal slaughter and initial dressing before carcass fabrication are classified under slaughtering rather than carcass-only processing.
- Retail butcher shops and storefront meat cutters: small-scale retail operations that serve walk-in customers and lack industrial boning lines, vacuum packaging, and palletized chilled output.
- Meat wholesaling and distribution: entities that store, broker, or transport prepackaged meat without performing carcass fabrication, trimming, or repackaging operations.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 311612?
- Requirement for a documented HACCP plan and daily sanitation schedule for the processing plant with written corrective-action records.
- Specifications for pack weights, yield tolerances, labeling requirements, and shelf-life expectations tied to lot codes and traceability records.
- Cold-chain monitoring requirements including continuous temperature logs, refrigerated transport handoff records, and delivery documentation tied to production lot identifiers.
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