TWO former Loddon food processing sites have been put up for sale.
The old Fantasy Farms facility at Bridgewater has been listed with a Melbourne real estate agent.
Some buildings at the disused poultry processing plant were demolished in 2022. The plant had been closed after a salmonella outbreak in 2018.
Company directors in a statement through the  Bozzo Group, a privately held family business with interests in land development, hospitality and agriculture, said in June 2022. “We are currently in the process of demolishing those sheds on our Fantasy Road site which are past their effective commercial use-by date. 
“Since the salmonella enteritidis was imported from New South Wales to our site we commenced at the time of infection and continue to this day the clean-up of the site with the view to the property being prepared for sale.”
No selling price has been listed for the 88.85 hectare property although agents are pitching its poultry production capacity.
And the former Inglewood abattoir has been listed with a Bendigo real estate agent with a price of $550,000.
Campaspe Meats had wanted to open a kangaroo pet meat processing facility but Loddon Shire Council rejected the application because of the land’s rural living zoning.
Director of Campaspe Meats Loc Rivett said the company continued to process kangaroo meat at abattoirs in Camperdown, Stanhope and Hay.
He said up to 5000 kangaroos were processed each week and the company had brought in 20 Pacific Islanders to work at the plants.
“We have six to eight professional shoots in the Loddon zone and they are transporting roos to our plants. The rejection of our Inglewood plans has not stopped the industry,” he said.