Yosemite Foods Inc.

Yosemite Foods Inc. operates at 4221 E. Mariposa Road, Suite A, in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, under FSIS establishment numbers M548A and V548A. The federal record lists the plant for meat slaughter, meat processing, and export certification, with hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as small and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0. The grant of inspection date on file is March 10, 2022.

The company's website describes a four-generation family business that began as a small meat counter in Modesto, California, and now operates a USDA-inspected processing facility. The site states the newly designed plant opened in 2018 and uses energy efficient and energy recovery technologies, including what it describes as the largest CO2 transcritical refrigeration system in the United States. The company says it has focused for the past 30 years on specialty markets across the West, particularly Hispanic and Asian markets, through wholesale and retail packaging, and that products can reach customers within 24 hours of processing.

The website describes Yosemite Foods as a custom processor of pork products and a distributor of beef, poultry, and other specialty meats. The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity for this establishment, so buyers and producers should confirm directly what the company means by custom work and whether it is done under federal inspection. Mailing address on the website is PO Box 31480, Stockton, CA 95213, while the FSIS record lists the Mariposa Road plant address.

The federal record lists hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection at this establishment, with meat slaughter, meat processing, and export certification among its FSIS activities, and a slaughter volume category of 4.0. The website states that custom processing of pork and beef is available by request through a customer service representative, and lists market hogs, roaster and luau hogs, and suckling pigs among pork options. FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity here, so producers should confirm whether animals are handled under federal inspection and what the company's custom terms cover. Booking procedures, drop-off scheduling, minimums, kill fees, cut and wrap charges, and hanging weight pricing are not stated in the sources on file.

Yosemite Foods Inc. 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 company says it serves both wholesale buyers and retail consumers and packages products for retail, with a history that began as a meat counter in Modesto. It reports catering to Hispanic and Asian specialty markets across the West and says products can reach a customer's door within 24 hours of processing. The sources do not state whether there is a retail counter at the Stockton plant, nor do they mention halves and quarters, bundles, online ordering, or home shipping. Inquiries go through the website contact form, info@yosemitefoods.com, or (209) 990-5400.

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.