[4] As of January 2000, pollution and hygienic controls of the slaughterhouse conform to international standard, and received ISO 14001 environmental management certification.

It is outfitted with sewage treatment, a water recycling plant and advanced slaughter machines which can operate mostly without manpower.

[6] Greywater from the adjacent sewage treatment works is used for cooling the condenser of the slaughterhouse air conditioning plant.

[2][3] Before the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse opened, the freight trains that carried livestock from Mainland China through the Lo Wu border station would terminate at Hung Hom station, which was once the south-most end of former KCR British Section / East Rail.

The dedicated branch also avoids the waiting passengers and residents near East Rail, thus no longer exposing them to the stench from livestock trains.