Proposal:Craft=meat processing

Craft=meat processing
Proposal status:	Approved (active)
Proposed by:	SherbetS
Tagging:	craft=meat_processing Data item
Applies to:
Definition:	A facility where hunters or animal owners take a carcass to be processed into meat or other products.
Statistics:
Draft started:	2026-07-24
RFC start:	2026-07-30
Vote start:	2026-08-31 00:00:00 (UTC)
Vote end:	2026-09-16 23:59:59 (UTC)

Problem Statement

A meat processor is a business where a hunter or animal owner can take a carcass to be processed into meat or other products. The processing is done on a small scale, usually 1-2 animals at a time.

Examples of animals these businesses commonly process:

• Deer
• Bear
• Moose
• Pig
• Kangaroo
• Turkey

Why other tags are not appropriate

This is different than a shop=butcher, since the business does not sell cuts of meat

This is different than an industrial=slaughterhouse or man_made=works because animals are not killed on-site, and only a single animal or a small quantity of animals are brought at one time.

Proposal

I propose to add the tag craft=meat_processing to represent this business. Additionally, I propose that the definition for the key animal=* be expanded to define the type of animal(s) processed at the facility.

Rationale

There are an abundance of these facilities across the United States, especially in places with an abundance of big game hunting opportunities The purpose of the business is always consistent, well defined, and well understood at each location.

Why this tag belongs in the craft=* key

Meat processing is a specialty task, performed on a small, as needed basis, often involving only one or a few animals. Meat is generally not sold outside of the services rendered on the provided animal.

Examples

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13578040083

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13831286181

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4764579125

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11762865708

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/747935439

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1394790042

Vermont game processor list

https://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Hunt/Wild-Game-Processor.pdf

Impact on Data Consumers

This should have no impact on data consumers, as it does not remove or change any tagging.

This tag may have to be added as a tagging preset and rendered.

Features/Pages affected

craft=meat_processing

animal=*

External discussions

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/how-to-tag-a-deer-processing-facility/142139/

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/rfc-feature-proposal-craft-meat-processing/145944

Comments

Please comment on the discussion page.

Voting

Voting closed

Voting on this proposal has been closed.

It was approved with 8 votes for and 1 abstention.

• I approve this proposal. --Fizzie41 (talk) 22:08, 31 August 2026 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. Well reasoned. --Campbelltree (talk) 22:11, 31 August 2026 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Carnildo (talk) 22:15, 31 August 2026 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --SherbetS (talk) 22:49, 31 August 2026 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. In my local area, this would simply be called craft=butcher, because that is where hunters go to get their game bodies turned into steaks, sausages, and so on, for their private use mostly, not to be sold in the shop, meat processor sounds very much industrial, but if the native speakers are fine, so am I. --Hungerburg (talk) 22:54, 31 August 2026 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. — Computae (talk) 20:41, 4 September 2026 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --OpenStreetMap Wiki Editor 13685 (talk) 23:58, 4 September 2026 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. Just like Hungerburg --Chris2map (talk) 12:40, 13 September 2026 (UTC)
• I have comments but abstain from voting on this proposal. I am in favor of a tag for this feature type, but am unsure whether `craft=meat_processing` is better or worse than `craft=butcher`. There was some feedback suggesting the latter and I'm not sure that was fully addressed. --Ezekielf (talk) 17:12, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

I favor "=meat_processing" for the simple reason that it make it impossible to confuse this with "shop=butcher". --Carnildo (talk) 05:08, 16 September 2026 (UTC)