Closure Highlights Pressure On Oregon Slaughter Facilities

SALEM, Ore. – After roughly four decades in operation, the Custom Meat Co. of Eugene shut down last week.

While employees and clients still hope the mobile custom slaughter and meat processing company will be bought and re-opened, they acknowledge the business fell into disarray after owner Victor Hastings succumbed to cancer in January.

Hastings didn’t leave a will and key licenses for the facility lapsed, contributing to its closure, said Shannon Hughes, the company’s manager.

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