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Short paragraph describing facility (Export / domestic), purpose (Livestock slaughtered and location.
Significant issues

Other Names

• Operating business name¹
• Common name used

Current Operation

• Is the facility currently in operation
• Aus meat Accreditation number
• Operator website links
  • Contact for employment
  • Contact for sales.

Location

• Description of physical location in relation to main town and state
  • distance to main urban areas or export sites of that state

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Owner

• Owners names and approximate time period of operation

Operation

• Aus-meat accreditation dates.
• Website link to owner of facility
  • Employment link to operator of facility
  • Sale enquiries
• Type of facility and accreditations for livestock types¹

History

Year

2015

• April. Current manager – David Madden⁴
• Facility is currently processing stock and supplying local butcher outlet and Victorian distribution hub⁴
• Current 20 workers at the facility⁴
• Lambs are processed as 24kg carcases⁴
  • Costing $30 per lamb to freight to the Australian mainland⁴.

2017

• Cressy #19. Tas has received some of the Flinders Island workers⁵
• Cressy also takes on some of the service kills once processed at Flinders⁵.

Sources

1. ‘World on a plate. A history of meat processing in Australia’ Stephen Martyn
2. Ausmeat Accreditation list – Date
3. Facility website
4. http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-04-13/flinders-island-abattoir-demand-increases-lamb/6388736
5. http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/tas-country-hour/tqm-lamb/9268476
6. http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/property/abattoir-and-butchery-at-flinders-island-for-sale-lackrana-rd-lady-barron/news-story/7e2a6c75da82debea903a7d26ec82f7e

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