Butterball, LLC

Butterball, LLC, doing business as Carolina Turkey, operates establishment P511 at 307 Dodgen Place in Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas. The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing activities under federal inspection, with poultry as the species slaughtered. FSIS classes the plant as large and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest volume band in the directory. The grant of inspection date on file is February 26, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The website on file is butterball.com, the national brand site for Butterball, LLC rather than a page for the Ozark plant. That site describes a retail and foodservice turkey business supplying major retailers nationwide, with products including fresh and frozen turkey, ground turkey, turkey burgers, sausage, breast roasts, tenderloins, and turkey wings, drumsticks, and necks. The company states it has provided retail and foodservice turkey products since 1954, operates the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line each November and December, and says it was the first and remains the only commercial turkey company to earn the American Humane Certified mark. A separate brand line, Farm to Family by Butterball, is described as sourced from contracted family farms and raised with no antibiotics ever.

Plant-level details are not on file. The sources do not state whether the Ozark facility has a retail counter, whether it accepts animals from outside growers on a custom or fee basis, or what its operating hours are. A farmer or household buyer should treat the corporate website as brand and product information, not as a description of services at this address.

The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity at establishment P511, and neither the FSIS listing nor the Butterball website states terms for outside growers hauling birds to the Ozark plant. The company website describes Farm to Family by Butterball turkey as sourced from contracted farm families raising birds with no antibiotics ever, but it does not publish grower contracting requirements, booking procedures, minimums, or fees. Growers interested in supply arrangements would need to contact the company directly, as no plant-level intake information is on file.

Butterball, 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 do not describe a retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, or online meat ordering at the Ozark address. The Butterball website states that its turkey products are available at major retailers nationwide and offers a product finder to locate stores, and it advises checking with the store manager if a specific item or size is not on the shelf. Household consumer questions are directed to the company at 1-800-BUTTERBALL (1-800-288-8372), by text at 844-877-3456, or by live chat and email form.

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.