The meat processing industry is large, common to many countries and generates large volumes of wastewater, which requires considerable treatment if its release to the environment is to be sustainable. although a number to review have been published on the topic ( Reczey, 1984; Cimino, 1987), the latest in english was that of bull et ai. (1982) .in the intervening period there have been substantial fundamental and technical advances in generic pollution control issues, such as nutrient removal, high-rate anaerobic technology development and water reuse . This review attempts to identify the latest trends in waste management and treatment technology in the meat process industry and to dis-cuss the design and performance data available in the scientific public domain.