Koch Foods of Montgomery, AL

Koch Foods of Montgomery, AL operates at 3500 West Blvd. in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, under FSIS establishment number P6529. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment in its largest size class and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the top of the reported volume range. The grant of inspection date on file is July 8, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The corporate website describes Koch Foods as a privately held, U.S.-based, vertically integrated poultry company with more than 13,000 employees and operations in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee, headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois. The company states that all of its facilities are USDA inspected and operate under HACCP and SSOP plans meeting 9 CFR 417, and that it holds BRC Standard certification. It reports following the National Chicken Council Animal Welfare Guidelines, annual audits by PAACO, cage free live bird operations, company-blended feed produced in FDA-inspected facilities, and no use of hormones or steroids. Live operations, including feedmills, hatcheries, breeders and broilers, are described as based in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, with birds raised by independent growers.

The company sells through foodservice, consumer products and export channels, with retail brands listed as Koch Foods, Cravers Chicken and Antioch Farms, plus an Oven Cravers brand named in its About Us text. The website does not describe any retail counter, custom slaughter, or farmer drop-off service at the Montgomery plant specifically. Details beyond the federal record and the corporate website are not yet on file for this location.

The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, and neither the FSIS listing nor the company website describes custom slaughter, booking, minimums, or cut and wrap service for individual farmers. Koch Foods states that its birds are raised by independent growers under a vertically integrated model, with company-owned feedmills, hatcheries, breeders and broiler operations in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Producers interested in grower arrangements would need to contact the company directly; no terms are stated in the sources.

Koch Foods of Montgomery, AL 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.

No retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, or online ordering is described for the Montgomery plant. The company website directs consumers to grocery stores, listing Koch Foods, Cravers Chicken and Antioch Farms brand names and a store locator under its Products section. Retail items named include fully cooked frozen chicken nuggets and breast strips.

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.