detailed explanation for each SIC code - Biffa

Explanatory Notes
UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – SIC(2007)
10 Manufacture of food products
This division includes the processing of the products of agriculture, forestry and fishing into food for humans or animals, and
includes the production of various intermediate products that are not directly food products. The activity often generates
associated products of greater or lesser value (for example, hides from slaughtering, or oilcake from oil production).
C
This division is organised by activities dealing with different kinds of products: meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, fats and oils,
milk products, grain mill products, animal feeds and other food products. Production can be carried out for own account, as
well as for third parties, as in custom slaughtering.
Some activities are considered manufacturing (for example, those performed in bakeries, pastry shops, and prepared meat
shops etc. which sell their own production) even though there is retail sale of the products in the producers’ own shop.
However, where the processing is minimal and does not lead to a real transformation, the unit is classified to wholesale and
retail trade (section G).
Preparation of food for immediate consumption on the premises is classified to division 56 (Food and beverage service activities).
Production of animal feeds from slaughter waste or by-products is classified in 10.9, while processing food and beverage waste
into secondary raw material is classified to 38.3, and disposal of food and beverage waste in 38.21.
This division does not include the preparation of meals for immediate consumption, such as in restaurants.
10.1 Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.11 Processing and preserving of meat
This class includes:
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operation of slaughterhouses engaged in killing, dressing or packing meat: beef, pork, lamb, rabbit, mutton, camel, etc.
production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat, in carcasses
production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat, in cuts
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slaughtering and processing of whales on land or on specialised vessels
production of hides and skins originating from slaughterhouses, including fellmongery
rendering of lard and other edible fats of animal origin
processing of animal offal
production of pulled wool
This class excludes:
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rendering of edible poultry fats, see 10.12
packaging of meat, see 82.92
10.12 Processing and preserving of poultry meat
This class includes:
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operation of slaughterhouses engaged in killing, dressing or packing poultry
production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat in individual portions
rendering of edible poultry fats
This class also includes:
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production of feathers and down
This class excludes:
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packaging of meat, see 82.92
10.13 Production of meat and poultry meat products
This class includes:
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production of dried, salted or smoked meat
production of meat products:
■ sausages, salami, puddings, “andouillettes”, saveloys, bolognas, pâtés, rillettes, boiled ham
This class excludes:
– manufacture of prepared frozen meat and poultry dishes, see 10.85
– manufacture of soup containing meat, see 10.89
– wholesale trade of meat, see 46.32
– packaging of meat, see 82.92
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