Municipal government supported red meat supply chain management is one of the critical but under-researched elements of urban food security systems. The study proposes a systematic Business Continuity Management (BCM) model to conduct an analysis of the Greater Amman Municipality's (GAM) red meat supply chain using ISO 22301:2019 as a basis. The paper is based on qualitative case study research with primary data gathered by interviewing experienced slaughterhouse management and staff and an examination of the existing GAM risk register. Cases are covered in the research according to six continuity dimensions adapted from ISO 22301 Clause 8: core slaughterhouse operations, food safety inspection, dependencies of external stakeholders, critical assets and utilities, information and documentation infrastructure, and emergency governance and recovery readiness. A revised Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was performed to analyze 10 identified risks and prioritize them using Risk Priority Number (RPN) as the product of the occurrence rate, the difficulty of detection, and their severity. The results show that disease outbreak represents the greatest continuity risk (RPN = 16), before sewage system failure (RPN = 9) and waste accumulation (RPN = 6). While electricity and water supply disruption problems have high severity scores, GAM's current investments in mitigating these have significantly decreased their overall RPN values. This research paper is at Phase 1 of a two-phase research study with Phase 2 being the Business Impact Analysis, dimension-specific continuity strategies development and verification through a simulation. This work adds to the scant literature on municipal food supply chain resilience and illustrates a pragmatic approach to implementing ISO 22301 as an institutional research and practice framework in local government settings.

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Business continuity management; ISO 22301; red meat supply chain; municipal food security; Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)