As racks of lamb are cut and vacuum sealed for shipment at Bible Hill's Northumberland Lamb Market Co-Operative, manager Michael Isenor lists the slew of changes the plant has undergone.
Doors were replaced, floors re-poured, new stainless steel rails installed to move carcasses and refrigerators equipped with temperature gauges connected to alarms. A hose periodically shoots out a stream of sanitizer to clean footwear.
"The original plant had to be totally redone, basically," Isenor says.
After three years and roughly $700,000 (two-thirds of that government money), Northumberland has finally secured a federal licence — one that some view as the ticket to the future of Nova Scotia's sheep industry.
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