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Operating as an independent renderer, West Coast Reduction Ltd. provides raw material pick-up and
deadstock disposal services to farms, feedlots, slaughterhouses, butcher shops, supermarkets and restaurants located throughout British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The company provides containers to suppliers of raw materials and regularly empties the containers. Separate containers are provided for restaurant grease, fat and bones, blood and feathers. Care is taken to ensure that separate containers are provided for ruminant and non-ruminant raw materials respectively, and a fleet of trucks owned and operated by the company picks up and delivers raw materials to the company's different rendering facilities. The provision of this pick-up and disposal service is monitored by the CFIA through its permitting system.
In addition to servicing the rendering requirements of the aforementioned participants in the food processing industry, West Coast Reduction sells rendered finished products to customers located in North America, Central America and Asia. Buyers of these products include feed mills, pet food manufacturers, fish feed manufacturers, soap manufacturers and industrial users of tallow.
From its hide operation in Lethbridge, the company ships hides to dealers in North America, Europe and Asia.
Through its bulk terminal in Vancouver, the company offers storage and shipping services to producers of bulk oils as well as storage, shipping, refining and blending services to packer renderers who manufacture their own tallow. The bulk terminal has a storage capacity of 83,000 metric tonnes.
The company is capable of meeting and exceeding regulatory requirements established by the Canadian Government and implemented by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) through its permitting process. West Coast Reduction's facilities operate under permits issued by the CFIA and the company possesses the capability, flexibility and diversity of operating equipment and facilities to satisfy a range of customized market requirements. Examples include species specific feed ingredients and multiple grades of tallow produced by blending and refining.
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