Western Australian beef and sheepmeat processor Western Meat Packers has bought the mothballed former Goodchild Abattoirs business near Bunbury, in the state’s south.
The Goodchild plant closed suddenly in 2020, and was offered to the market unsuccessfully last year by receivers.
The dual-species site has chilling capacity for 3000 sheep, or 1500 sheep and 200 cattle.
The facility is currently licensed for domestic-only, however last year’s marketing literature suggested an audit had been conducted to obtain Tier 1 export accreditation…