JCG Foods of Alabama, LLC

JCG Foods of Alabama, LLC operates at 764 George Cagle Drive in Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama, and appears in the USDA FSIS directory under establishment number P548, with the alternate names Cagle's, JCG Foods, and Koch Foods on file. FSIS lists the plant's activities as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection. The grant of inspection date on file is June 25, 2021. FSIS classifies the plant in its largest size class and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the top of the reported volume range. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The website on file, jcgfoodsalabama.com, presents the operation as a wholesale and export supplier of frozen chicken rather than a local retail or custom shop. It describes bulk and online wholesale ordering, a quotation request process, and logistics services including container booking and stuffing, port handling, warehouse storage for short and long terms, inland haulage, and work with customs brokers on documentation. The About page states that the company has produced food products for over six decades, works with approximately 4,000 family farms in the United States and Mexico, and describes itself as the second-largest chicken producer in the world with capacity to process more than 34 million birds per week. The same page lists direct chicken export to China, Hong Kong, Canada, Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Singapore.

Contact details differ between sources. FSIS lists the telephone number (256) 524-2147 for the Collinsville plant, while the website lists +1 (830) 386-4527 and the email sales@jcgfoodsalabama.com, and states in one place that the company is based in Georgia. Both the federal record and the website give the same street address in Collinsville. Hours, retail counter details, and any arrangements for individual farmers or households are not stated in the sources on file.

The sources do not describe custom or private-label slaughter for individual farmers. FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, and nothing in the federal record or the website states booking procedures, minimums, drop-off scheduling, kill fees, or cut and wrap options for producers hauling their own birds. The website states that the company works with approximately 4,000 family farms in the United States and Mexico, but it does not explain how growers contract with the company. A producer interested in this plant would need to contact the company directly to learn whether any arrangement is possible.

JCG Foods of Alabama, LLC operates under a federal grant of inspection, so product from this plant can be sold anywhere in the United States, which matters if you sell online or across a state line. FSIS does not list a custom-exempt activity for this plant.

The website is oriented to wholesale and export buyers rather than walk-in retail. It advertises online ordering of frozen chicken with delivery described as to the customer's door, and it lists a shop page with 21 chicken items and a cart function, but no prices, order minimums, shipping terms, or retail store hours are stated in the material on file. No retail counter, halves and quarters, or household bundle programs are described. Buyers should note that ordering is presented through a quotation request and the sales email listed on the site.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.