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Norway are meat processing companies, rendering companies, the meat and
poultry confederation and research centres.
Nortura is Norway’s largest meat and egg producer, and is collectively
owned by Norwegian farmers. The company is a major player in the food
industry in Norway, which accounts for 70% market share (2014 data collection). Nortura has more than 30 slaughterhouses spread all over Norway.
Nortura’s total production/slaughter tonnage is 428,900 tons a year (2014
data), in which cattle account for 78,100 tons; lambs and sheep 23,600 tons;
pigs 128,500 tons; eggs 94,100 tons; and chicken and turkey 104,600 tons. Its
daughter company, Norilia AS, is in charge of handling by- products generated from all Nortura’s slaughterhouses, which are considered to be 35% of
the entire production (approximately 150,000 tons). Nortura has two other
daughter companies – Norsk Hundefor AS and Norsk Dyremat AS – that
produce pet food from ABPs for international and domestic markets, respectively. The rest of the meat processing industry is composed of a few
medium- sized companies such as Norsk Kylling AS, Fatland AS, Grilstad AS
and other small private companies.
Norsk Protein AS is the only rendering company in Norway that receives
by- products from slaughterhouses and meat processing companies, specified
risk materials (SMR) and dead animals. The company has five production
plants (three plants for CAT3 and two plants for CAT1) receiving ABPs from
all over Norway, distributed in four locations from north to south, namely
Balsfjord, Mosvik, Hamar and Grødaland. There are no CAT2 plants in
Norway, so CAT2 is sent to CAT1 treatment plants, and partly to Denmark.
In accordance with current regulations in Norway and the EU, the company
further reprocesses the CAT3 raw materials to meat and bone meal (MBM),
and animal fat. Norsk Protein AS was established in the 1970s, and is currently owned by Nortura SA (67%), the Norwegian Confederation of Meat
and Poultry (KLF ) (23%) and DAKA Denmark AS (10%) (KLF, 2016). Norsk
Protein received a total of 197,831 tons of rest raw materials from slaughterhouses in 2017 (Norsk Protein, 2017). Norsk Protein is also represented in
EFPRA, the European interest organisation for rendering companies.
Other actors that play an important role in the industry network are the
Norwegian Confederation of Meat and Poultry (KLF ) and the Norwegian
Meat and Poultry Research Centre (Animalia). KLF, founded in 1910, is an
interest and industry organisation that represents the privately owned, freestanding part of the meat, egg and poultry industry in Norway. Animalia is
Norway’s leading research and development specialist in meat and egg production, providing knowledge and expertise through domestic animal inspections and veterinary health services, business- critical technical systems, research
and development projects, e- learning and training activities, communication
and other forms of knowledge- sharing. On January 1, 2018, Animalia left
Nortura SA as a separate limited company. Animalia AS is now owned by
Nortura SA (66%) and the Federation of Meat and Poultry Industries (KLF )
(34%). Previously, the company was organised as a department in Nortura.
Norway are meat processing companies, rendering companies, the meat and
poultry confederation and research centres.
Nortura is Norway’s largest meat and egg producer, and is collectively
owned by Norwegian farmers. The company is a major player in the food
industry in Norway, which accounts for 70% market share (2014 data collection). Nortura has more than 30 slaughterhouses spread all over Norway.
Nortura’s total production/slaughter tonnage is 428,900 tons a year (2014
data), in which cattle account for 78,100 tons; lambs and sheep 23,600 tons;
pigs 128,500 tons; eggs 94,100 tons; and chicken and turkey 104,600 tons. Its
daughter company, Norilia AS, is in charge of handling by- products generated from all Nortura’s slaughterhouses, which are considered to be 35% of
the entire production (approximately 150,000 tons). Nortura has two other
daughter companies – Norsk Hundefor AS and Norsk Dyremat AS – that
produce pet food from ABPs for international and domestic markets, respectively. The rest of the meat processing industry is composed of a few
medium- sized companies such as Norsk Kylling AS, Fatland AS, Grilstad AS
and other small private companies.
Norsk Protein AS is the only rendering company in Norway that receives
by- products from slaughterhouses and meat processing companies, specified
risk materials (SMR) and dead animals. The company has five production
plants (three plants for CAT3 and two plants for CAT1) receiving ABPs from
all over Norway, distributed in four locations from north to south, namely
Balsfjord, Mosvik, Hamar and Grødaland. There are no CAT2 plants in
Norway, so CAT2 is sent to CAT1 treatment plants, and partly to Denmark.
In accordance with current regulations in Norway and the EU, the company
further reprocesses the CAT3 raw materials to meat and bone meal (MBM),
and animal fat. Norsk Protein AS was established in the 1970s, and is currently owned by Nortura SA (67%), the Norwegian Confederation of Meat
and Poultry (KLF ) (23%) and DAKA Denmark AS (10%) (KLF, 2016). Norsk
Protein received a total of 197,831 tons of rest raw materials from slaughterhouses in 2017 (Norsk Protein, 2017). Norsk Protein is also represented in
EFPRA, the European interest organisation for rendering companies.
Other actors that play an important role in the industry network are the
Norwegian Confederation of Meat and Poultry (KLF ) and the Norwegian
Meat and Poultry Research Centre (Animalia). KLF, founded in 1910, is an
interest and industry organisation that represents the privately owned, freestanding part of the meat, egg and poultry industry in Norway. Animalia is
Norway’s leading research and development specialist in meat and egg production, providing knowledge and expertise through domestic animal inspections and veterinary health services, business- critical technical systems, research
and development projects, e- learning and training activities, communication
and other forms of knowledge- sharing. On January 1, 2018, Animalia left
Nortura SA as a separate limited company. Animalia AS is now owned by
Nortura SA (66%) and the Federation of Meat and Poultry Industries (KLF )
(34%). Previously, the company was organised as a department in Nortura.