Harris Ranch Beef Company

Harris Ranch Beef Company operates a USDA-inspected establishment at 16277 S McCall Ave. in Selma, Fresno County, California, under establishment numbers M783, P783 and V783. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry processing and export certification activities, with cattle reported as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as large and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0. The grant of inspection date on file is August 29, 2019. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, and the plant reports halal slaughter.

The company website describes a branded beef business rather than a local kill floor for individual customers. It states that Harris Ranch pioneered a branded beef program in 1982 and supplies retail supermarkets, foodservice operators and export customers. The site says the company processes the high volumes required by some of the largest distributors in the United States and also handles smaller, customized orders. Cattle are described as grass raised and grain finished, with corn brought from the Midwest to the company feedlot. A separate Harris Feeding Company operation, animal welfare and sustainability pages are referenced on the site.

The halal program, according to the website, was established in 1992 and has been supervised and certified since then by Amin Attia, former president of the Islamic Center of Central California. The site states the slaughter method used is approved and licensed by Al-Azhar El-Sharif Mosque in Cairo and the Islamic Service Center of America, that halal beef is approved for export to Muslim countries, and that not all Harris Ranch products are available as halal. Hours, ownership structure and any arrangements for accepting outside livestock are not stated in the sources on file. One secondary search listing associates the Selma facility with Central Valley Meat Co., but the company website does not state this.

The sources do not describe custom or private label slaughter for individual farmers and ranchers. FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, and no booking process, lot minimums, kill fees or cut and wrap charges are stated. The website says Harris Ranch partners with cattle ranchers whose cattle contribute to its programs and that the company handles both very large distributor volumes and smaller customized orders, but it does not state terms for accepting outside livestock. Producers should contact the plant at (559) 896-3081 or 800-742-1955 to ask whether any arrangement is available.

Harris Ranch Beef Company 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.

Household buyers can find Harris Ranch beef in retail stores through the store locator on the company website, or order from the company online shop, which the site says ships to the door and offers cuts including tri tip roast and porterhouse steaks. The website does not describe a retail counter at the Selma plant, nor halves, quarters or bulk freezer bundles. For halal orders, store locations or questions, the website lists Amin Attia at 1.877.464.2525 or 559.299.6759.

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.