311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in processing or preserving meat and meat byproducts (except poultry and small game) from purchased meats. This industry includes establishments primarily engaged in assembly cutting and packing of meats (i.e., boxed meats) from purchased meats.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Slaughtering animals (except poultry and small game) are classified in U.S. Industry 311611, Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering.
• Slaughtering poultry and small game are classified in U.S. Industry 311615, Poultry Processing.
• Rendering lard and other animal fats and oils, bones, and meat scraps are classified in U.S. Industry 311613, Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing.
• Manufacturing canned meats for baby food are classified in U.S. Industry 311422, Specialty Canning.
• Manufacturing meat-based animal feeds from purchased carcasses are classified in Industry 31111, Animal Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing canned and frozen specialty foods containing meat, such as nationality foods (e.g., enchiladas, egg rolls, pizza) and frozen dinners are classified in Industry Group 3114, Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing.
• Cutting purchased meat carcasses and wholesaling meat cuts (except boxed meat) are classified in Industry 424470, Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 311612

The Census index assigns these 34 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses
• Beef stew made from purchased carcasses
• Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses
• Bologna made from purchased carcasses
• Boxed beef made from purchased carcasses
• Boxed meat produced from purchased carcasses
• Collagen sausage casings made from purchased hides
• Cooked meats made from purchased carcasses
• Corned meats made from purchases carcasses
• Cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses
• Dried meats made from purchased carcasses
• Frozen meat pies (i.e., tourtiere) made from purchased carcasses
• Hams, canned, made from purchased carcasses
• Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses
• Hot dogs (except poultry) made from purchased carcasses
• Lamb, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses
• Luncheon meat (except poultry) made from purchased carcasses
• Meat canning (except baby food, pet food, poultry), made from purchased carcasses
• Meat extracts made from purchased carcasses
• Meat products canning (except baby food, pet food, poultry) made from purchased carcasses
• Meats (except poultry), cured or smoked, made from purchased carcasses
• Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses
• Pastrami made from purchased carcasses
• Pig's feet, cooked and pickled, made from purchased carcasses
• Pork, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses
• Potted meats made from purchased carcasses
• Processed meats manufacturing
• Salted meats made from purchased carcasses
• Sandwich spreads, meat, made from purchased carcasses
• Sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses
• Sausage casings, collagen, made from purchased hides
• Smoked meats made from purchased carcasses
• Variety meats, edible organs, made from purchased meats
• Veal, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311612

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311612, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,000 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 1010, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10110Processing and preserving of meatUK SIC
• 10120Processing and preserving of poultry meatUK SIC
• 10130Production of meat and poultry meat productsUK SIC
• 10710Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakesUK SIC
• 10720Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakesUK SIC
• 10730Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous productsUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 311611Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
• 311613Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
• 311615Poultry Processing