Keystone Foods, LLC.

Keystone Foods, LLC. operates a poultry slaughter and processing establishment at 57 Melvin Clark Road in Bakerhill, Barbour County, Alabama. The plant holds federal establishment numbers M20322 and P20322, with a grant of inspection on file dated October 26, 2021, and is listed by FSIS as carrying out meat processing, poultry processing, and poultry slaughter. FSIS classifies it in the large size class, and its reported slaughter volume category is 5.0, the highest band in the FSIS scale. Poultry is the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection, and no custom-exempt activity is reported.

The establishment is listed in the federal record under several doing-business-as names, including Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC, Prospect Farms, TSD Sales and Distribution, Tyson Foods, Inc., and Tyson Sales and Distribution, Inc. The Keystone Foods website states that Keystone Foods is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson Foods and describes chicken slaughter and processing as the core of the business, with frozen Keystone Foods brand items, private label and deli products for grocery and retail customers, foodservice supply, and export sales to Europe, Asia, and Africa. The site says almost a third of turnover comes from export and that the company will accommodate custom cuts, packaging, and labeling for customers.

Sources disagree on some details. The website's About Us page gives a founding year of 1956, while its Contact page states the company was established in 1963. The Contact page also lists an address in Camilla, Georgia, and a telephone number with an 865 area code, whereas the federal record for this establishment lists the Bakerhill, Alabama address and the phone number (334) 688-6570. This profile covers the FSIS-listed Bakerhill plant. Retail hours, farmer drop-off arrangements, and pricing are not stated in the sources on file.

The federal record reports poultry as the only species slaughtered under inspection and lists no custom-exempt activity, so there is no indication in the sources that this plant takes in animals from individual farmers for custom kill and cut. The company website describes vertically integrated poultry growing, manufacturing, and distribution and commercial partnerships rather than farm-direct drop-off. Booking procedures, minimums, and fees are not stated in the sources on file. Growers or suppliers would need to contact the plant directly at (334) 688-6570 or through sales@keystone-foodsllc.com to confirm current arrangements.

Keystone Foods, 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 sources describe sales to retailers, foodservice operators, and export customers rather than a retail counter at the plant. The website invites inquiries about orders through a customer service team and an email address, sales@keystone-foodsllc.com, but does not mention on-site retail sales, bundles, halves and quarters, home delivery, or online ordering for households. Consumers may encounter the plant's output as Keystone Foods brand frozen chicken or private label and deli chicken in grocery stores, according to the website.

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.