T&R Pastoral’s Export Establishment 533 processing plant at Murray Bridge has HACCP–based quality assurance programs that pass the most stringent standards demanded by any country in the world.

Not only is T&R USDA and EU–accredited but it is also approved for contracts with McDonalds, Burger King, Woolworths and Coles.

Immediately before commencing the process, every single animal must pass the individual scrutiny of a Federal Government veterinarian to ensure it is absolutely fit and healthy.

Once inside, they enter a cold chain that is uninterrupted from the ritual Halal slaughter right through to arrival at any destination in the world.

Cutting–edge technology like loin, leg and trunk boning machines have been introduced while skilled hands prepare French racks, back–straps and denuded eye of loin as value–added products.

Cryovac and gas–flushing machines give increased longevity to most of the cuts while individually wrapped products are shrink–wrapped.

Then it’s into the transport tunnel for delivery to the computer–controlled plate freezers and chilled tunnels.

In all, the entire process takes just 20 minutes from slaughter to chiller for lamb and 40 minutes for cattle.

And this despite a capacity to process 700 cattle as well as 8,000 sheep and lambs per day.

T&R also operates several other plants including a dual–species abattoir at Lobethal in South Australia with state–of–the–art beef patty, rissole and sausage production lines.

As a member of Greenhouse Challenge Plus, T&R Pastoral affirms its commitment to the community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strive to minimise the environmental impact of our operations.