Falkland Islands Meat Company

The Falkland Islands Meat Company (FIMCo) was established in 2003 to operate the newly built sheep and beef processing plant at Sand Bay, funded by the Falkland Islands Government to provide a modern facility for domestic and export markets and to support diversification of Falkland Islands agriculture. The Sand Bay plant, located just outside Stanley, is an EU accredited export meat plant (designation FK-01), built in 2001 and commissioned in 2002. It operates between January and May for export production and serves the domestic market all year round, with a capacity of 1,000 sheep/lambs per day. FIMCo produces grass-fed lamb, mutton and beef, including Halal certified sheep and lamb, and its mission is to create an export meat industry for the Falkland Islands built on quality and excellence.

The Falkland Islands Meat Company (FIMCo) was established in 2003 to operate the newly built sheep and beef processing plant (Sand Bay) which was funded by the Falkland Islands Government to provide a modern facility for the domestic and export markets and to support the diversification of Falkland Islands agriculture which until then was mainly reliant on wool production. The Sand Bay Plant is located just outside of Stanley, the Falkland Islands capital, and is an EU accredited export meat plant (designation FK-01), built in 2001 and commissioned in 2002. It operates between January and May for export production and serves the domestic market all year round. The plant consists of a slaughterhouse, carcass chillers, separate cutting rooms for domestic and export processing, blast freezers and a cold store. In addition, there is a by-products building, where fresh lamb and sheep skins are salted, graded and palletised before being containerised for export shipment. The plant capacity is presently 1,000 sheep/lambs per day. FIMCo has a permanent team of twenty staff, including management and maintenance, which increases by around fifty seasonal staff for the export season. Sand Bay is approved for export of ovine and bovine to the EU, and co-products to a number of other countries, with work ongoing to gain approvals to new markets.

High quality, safe, nutritious and great tasting Lamb & Beef; premium quality grass-fed lamb and mutton.

• Lamb & Mutton

  Full range of frozen lamb & mutton cuts tailored to individual customer requirements.

• Beef

  Beef processed at the Sand Bay plant.

• Halal certified sheep & lamb

  FIMCo has been producing Halal certified sheep & lamb.

1. 1Falkland Islands Meat Company | High quality, safe, nutritious and great tasting Lamb & Beef | FIMCofalklandsmeat.com
2. 2The Plant & Operations | Falkland Islands Meat Companyfalklandsmeat.com
3. 3Lamb & Mutton | Falkland Islands Meat Companyfalklandsmeat.com