Meat, Fish, Poultry, & Dairy   Tags: beef, chicken, fish, fowl, meat, pork, poultry, seafood, turkey  

This toolkit includes recommended resources for researching the meat, fish, and poultry industries.

Steps for industry research:

• Identify the industry and industry codes
• Locate industry surveys, overviews, and reports
• Visit industry web sites, including industry and trade associations
• Make a list of the leading companies (rankings)
• Read 10-Ks from leading public companies to gain industry insight
• Find market share data and industry statistics
• Compare company/industry norms and financial ratios
• Find current news and in-depth articles to update and flesh out your research

Industry codes (SIC and NAICS) appear in company profiles, including those in Hoover's and Mergent Online, and industry resources including First Research, Encyclopedia of American Industries, and Manufacturing and Distribution USA.

Directories, business databases, ratio resources, and government data are arranged by industry codes.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes are four-digit codes used to identify an industry.

Here are many of the SIC codes associated with the meat, fish, and poultry industries -

• 2011 Meat Packing Plants
• 2013 Sausages and Other Prepared Meat Products
• 2015 Poultry Slaughtering and Processing
• 2032 Canned Specialties
• 2077 Animal and Marine Fats and Oils
• 2091 Canned and Cured Fish and Seafoods
• 2099 Food Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified
• 5142 Packaged Frozen Foods
• 5411 Grocery Stores
• 5421 Meat and Fish (Seafood) Markets, Including Freezer Provisioners

Look up the SIC for a specific industry using the SIC Manual at OSHA (U.S. Department of Labor).

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.  A NAICS code is a 6-digit code. 

Here are many of the NAICS codes associated with the meat, fish, and poultry industries -

• 311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses

  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.
  
  Cross-References. Establishments primarily 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 animal fat, 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 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; and
• Cutting meat (except boxed meat)--are classified in Industry 424470, Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers.
  
  

• 311710 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging

  This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) canning seafood (including soup); (2) smoking, salting, and drying seafood; (3) eviscerating fresh fish by removing heads, fins, scales, bones, and entrails; (4) shucking and packing fresh shellfish; (5) processing marine fats and oils; and (6) freezing seafood. Establishments known as "floating factory ships" that are engaged in the gathering and processing of seafood into canned seafood products are included in this industry.

• 311615 Poultry Processing

  This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) slaughtering poultry and small game and/or (2) preparing processed poultry and small game meat and meat byproducts.
  
  Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
• Slaughtering animals (except poultry and small game) and/or preparing meats--are classified in U.S. Industry 311611, Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering;
• Preparing meat and meat byproducts (except poultry and small game) from purchased meats--are classified in U.S. Industry 311612, Meat Processed from Carcasses;
• Rendering animal fat, bones, and meat scraps--are classified in U.S. Industry 311613, Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing;
• Canning poultry and small game for baby food--are classified in U.S. Industry 311422, Specialty Canning;
• Producing meat-based animal feeds from carcasses--are classified in Industry 31111, Animal Food Manufacturing;
• Manufacturing canned and frozen meat products, 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; and
• Drying, freezing, and breaking eggs--are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.

Look up the NAICS code for a specific industry using the online NAICS manual at the U.S. Census Bureau.

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