Data sources: Processing and preserving of meat, except of poultry meat
What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | National/EU price reporting bodies (EU Commission Meat Market Observatory, national livestock agencies such as AHDB, Interbev, USDA AMS for… | Per carcass grade/cut, weekly or daily national and regional quotations… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Food safety competent authorities (EU Member State approved-establishment 'Section I' lists, EFTA/TRACES, USDA FSIS establishment… | Per establishment (approval number, species, activities: slaughter, cutting… | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (SBS, labour force surveys per NACE 10.11), labour inspectorates and posted-worker registries, trade unions… | Headcount and wages per NACE class per region annually; shift rosters and line… | public |
| logistics & freight movement | Refrigerated haulage and 3PL operators, customs authorities and trade statistics agencies (Eurostat Comext, national customs, veterinary… | Per shipment/consignment with weight, product code, origin-destination; monthly… | public |
| financial filings | National company registers and business registries, listed meat groups' investor reporting (JBS, Danish Crown, Tönnies, Vion, Bigard)… | Annual (sometimes quarterly) per legal entity, with turnover, cost of goods… | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Food safety authorities' recall/alert systems (EU RASFF, national FSA recall notices, USDA FSIS recalls), occupational safety regulators… | Per recall/alert event; per workplace injury record per establishment; per… | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators (E-PRTR/EU Industrial Emissions Portal releases and wastewater discharge data), rendering and animal by-product… | Per facility annual pollutant releases and waste transfers; per load of… | public |
| production output | National statistical offices and Eurostat (monthly slaughtering statistics), meat inspection authorities, individual abattoirs' plant… | Head slaughtered and carcass tonnage per month per country/species publicly… | public |
| transactional/sales | Meat processors' commercial systems, retail and foodservice buyers, grocery scanner-data vendors (NielsenIQ, Circana, GfK) for downstream… | Per invoice/contract per customer for processors; per store per week per SKU… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Retail e-commerce platforms and review sites for branded meat products, social listening vendors, NGO campaign monitoring and… | Per review/post; brand-level sentiment indices weekly | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Processors' ERP systems (SAP, CSB-System, Marel Innova), cold-storage and public warehouse operators, trade associations collecting… | Per SKU/batch per site daily; aggregated national frozen meat stocks monthly | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Livestock traceability authorities (cattle movement/identification databases e.g. UK BCMS, national bovine/ovine databases, EU TRACES for… | Per animal or per lot movement (farm → assembly centre → abattoir), per… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Plant operators and their utilities, national energy-use-in-industry statistics (Eurostat/NSO energy balances by NACE), IED permit and BAT… | Per site monthly metered electricity/gas; sector-level annual energy intensity… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Official control laboratories and competent authorities (Salmonella/E. coli O157 verification, National Residue Control Plans, EFSA… | Per sample/carcass swab, per batch; aggregated annual national residue and… | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Processors' plant automation systems, cold-chain monitoring vendors (Sensitech, Testo, Emerson), carcass grading equipment suppliers (video… | Continuous readings per chiller/cold store/CCP; per carcass grading measurement | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Processors' CMMS/EAM systems, equipment OEMs and service providers (Marel, Frontmatec, Bettcher, refrigeration contractors), hygiene/CIP… | Per asset per work order; downtime events per line | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.