Bachoco OK Foods

Bachoco OK Foods operates a poultry slaughter and processing establishment at 3921 Reed Lane in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. The plant holds FSIS establishment number P165S+V165S, with a grant of inspection dated March 24, 2021, and is classified by FSIS as a large establishment. Listed FSIS activities are poultry slaughter, poultry processing, and export certification. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 5.0, the highest of the reported categories, and no custom-exempt activity is reported.

The company website, bachocousa.com, presents the operation as Bachoco USA, doing business under the names Bachoco and Bachoco USA. The site describes the business as vertically integrated, farm to table, with chicken products marketed as antibiotic free and produced without added hormones or steroids. It states the company includes more than 4,000 team members and describes OK Foods as founded more than 80 years ago by Collier Wenderoth, Sr. in the 1930s as a manufacturer of poultry and livestock feed in the Arkansas and Oklahoma area, later joining the chicken producer Bachoco. The site lists pillars including food safety, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, and biosecurity.

The federal record lists the plant phone as (800) 643-2506. The website lists a general phone of 1-800-635-9441 and a mailing address of P.O. Box 1787, Fort Smith, AR 72902, while directory listings associate the Bachoco USA OK Foods name with 4601 North 6th Street in Fort Smith. This registry record covers the establishment at 3921 Reed Lane as reported to FSIS. No retail counter, on-farm pickup, or custom processing information is on file.

The website directs consumers to retail stores, stating that its Bachoco, Tenderbird, and Top Chick brands are available at major retailers across the United States. It lists a product catalog and a request-a-quote form aimed at business buyers. No retail counter at the plant, no halves or quarters, no bundles, and no direct shipping or online ordering to households are described in the sources.

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.