<p>Using trashed of tires to singe hide has been a practice in Nigeria for several years. It exposes meat or hides to hazardous chemical substances such as heavy metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbon, dioxins and furans. We, therefore, analyzed cattle hides singed using trashed tires at the Sokoto Abattoir to determine their baseline concentration of dioxin and the contribution of processing methods to dioxin content in hide.</p>