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
$1.3B
Total awards
6,067 awards
Active obligations
$1.3M
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.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$13.3M
Awards
187
Average award
$71.3K
Change from FY2024
-38.1%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$39,676

PUEBLO TRADING CO INC

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B50226P00000215
PSC
8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH

$9,143

SHAVER FOODS LLC

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B50226P00000219
PSC
8920 - BAKERY AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

$70,646

RAINMAKER, INC.

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B50226P00000216
PSC
8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH

$36,179

CLARK'S TRADING CO.

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B11026P00000067
PSC
8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH

$16,315

MATTS TRADING INC

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B50226P00000218
PSC
8945 - FOOD, OILS AND FATS

$15,868

RAINMAKER, INC.

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B11026P00000069
PSC
8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH

$27,149

PUEBLO TRADING CO INC

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B11026P00000064
PSC
8905 - MEAT, POULTRY, AND FISH

$15,410

NATIONAL FOOD GROUP INC

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons

PIID
15B51626P00000131
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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