Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation operates establishment P17500 at 2045 Highway 244 in Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama. The plant reports poultry slaughter and poultry processing activities to FSIS and is classified by FSIS as a large establishment. Its slaughter volume category is 5.0, the highest band in the FSIS scale, indicating high annual head counts. The grant of inspection date on file is June 16, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The corporate website describes Pilgrim's as a global provider of poultry, pork, and prepared foods with more than 61,000 team members, 39 fresh processing facilities and 30 prepared foods facilities across the U.S., the U.K., Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe, and partnerships with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies. Corporate headquarters are listed at 1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, Colorado. The website is corporate in scope and does not publish plant-level details for the Russellville facility.

Secondary listings describe the Russellville location as producing boneless chicken products, and one directory listing gives a founding year of 1990 for the site. These claims come from third-party directories rather than the company or the federal record. Details beyond the federal record, including retail sales, custom or private-label arrangements, hours, and grower contracting terms specific to this plant, are not yet on file.

The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing at this establishment with no custom-exempt activity reported, so it is not recorded as a plant that processes an individual owner's animals for return. The corporate website states that Pilgrim's partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies, but no contracting terms, booking process, or grower requirements for the Russellville plant are stated in the sources. Growers interested in supply arrangements would need to contact the company directly.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation 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.