Thomas Foods International - Murray Bridge Redering Plant
| Name: | Thomas Foods International - Murray Bridge Redering Plant |
| Address: | 12-32 Lagoon Road, Northern Heights SA 5253, Australia |
| LGA/Council: | The Rural City of Murray Bridge |
| Summary: | 'Thomas Foods International - Murray Bridge Redering Plant' is a rendering plant located in Northern Heights, SA Australia. |
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| Last known status: | Open and operating |
| Listing updated: | 2026 |
| Listing ID: | 5965d |
| Website: | http://thomasfoods.com.au/ |
| Owned by: | Thomas Foods International Pty Ltd, ABN: 52 008 178 121 |
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Rendering plant
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GoatsRecord as at 2 June 2026.
The Northern Heights site at Lagoon Road, Murray Bridge, South Australia, is now a rendering and wastewater facility, registered as establishment number 533 under South Australian EPA Licence 11649.
It was originally Thomas Foods International's Murray Bridge slaughterhouse, acquired by T&R Pastoral, now TFI, in 1999. On 3 January 2018 a fire destroyed the meat processing line in one of the largest industrial fires in South Australian history, displacing around 1,000 to 2,000 workers. The slaughterhouse was not rebuilt here; TFI built a replacement slaughterhouse at Pallamana.
As of this record, only the rendering plant, skin sheds and wastewater treatment plant operate at Lagoon Road, processing by-products from TFI's Pallamana and Lobethal slaughterhouses close to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The site has a sustained odour problem affecting the surrounding community.
Sources: SA EPA (engage.epa.sa.gov.au); SA EPA Public Register (Licence 11649); Thomas Foods International website (thomasfoods.com); ABC News (January 2018); Wikipedia.
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Murray Bridge meat processing plant to employ thousands after old abattoir gutted by fire
Thursday 6 Jun 2019 by
It was a South Australian town's biggest employer before a huge fire gutted it. Now, 18 months on, a new abattoir will be built promising up to 2,000 jobs for locals. Read more >
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Thomas Foods International’s giant abattoir near Murray Bridge hit by devastating fire
Thursday 4 Jan 2018 by
THE owners of South Australia’s biggest abattoir in Murray Bridge have vowed to be back bigger and better after a huge fire ripped through half of the plant, vowing to stand by its workers. It’s been confirmed the fire was started accidentally by a worker who was welding. Read more >
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Abattoir owners vow to stand by workers
Wednesday 3 Jan 2018 by
THOMAS Foods International is promising it will come back bigger and better in Murray Bridge, in the wake of a devastating fire that ripped through one of the nation’s largest abattoirs. Read more >
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ABN Lookup
| ABN | 52 008 178 121 (open lookup) |
| Entity name |
THOMAS FOODS INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITED (from 08 July 2013) T. & R. PASTORAL PTY. LTD. from 02 May 2002 to 08 July 2013 T. & R. PASTORAL PTY. LTD. from 22 April 2000 to 02 May 2002 |
| Business name | THOMAS FOODS INTERNATIONAL |
| ABN status | Active from 22 April 2000 |
| Entity type | Australian Private Company |
| Goods & Services Tax (GST) | Registered from 01 July 2000 |
| Main business location |
SA 5067 from 17 February 2020 SA 5253 from 26 June 2017 to 17 February 2020 SA 5253 from 22 April 2000 to 26 June 2017 |
| ABN last updated | 17 February 2020 |
| Extracted from ABR | 04 June 2026 |
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