Allen Harim LLC

Allen Harim LLC operates a poultry slaughter and processing plant at 18752 Harbeson Road in Harbeson, Sussex County, Delaware. The plant appears in the USDA FSIS directory under establishment number P935 with activities listed as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, a grant of inspection date on file of March 30, 2021, and an FSIS size class of large. Its reported slaughter volume category is 5.0, the highest of the FSIS volume bands, and no custom-exempt activity is reported.

The company website describes Allen Harim as a producer of No Antibiotic Ever chicken on the Delmarva Peninsula and the Mid-Atlantic, with more than 100 years of company history, more than 1,700 team members, and contracts with more than 210 family farmers. The corporate timeline traces the business to Allen's Hatchery, founded in Seaford, Delaware in 1919 by Clarence Allen, with growth into a vertically integrated operation including hatcheries, feed mills, and processing plants. The Harbeson plant was purchased from Cargill in 1988, modernized in 2003 with tray pack and capacity expansion, completed a $30 million expansion including an upgraded wastewater treatment plant in 2016, gained an adjacent 6-acre solar facility in 2017, and was remodeled with equipment upgrades in 2021. The predecessor company faced bankruptcy in 2011 and was purchased that year by the Harim Group of South Korea, with the rebranding to Allen Harim in 2014.

The website presents the business as a wholesale and commercial poultry producer. It does not describe a retail counter, farm animal drop-off, custom or private-slaughter services, or direct sales to households. Buyer-facing details beyond the federal record and the corporate pages are not yet on file. The site lists a corporate office in Millsboro, Delaware with a main office number of (302) 629-9136 and a sales department email address, while the FSIS record lists the Harbeson plant phone as (302) 684-1640.

The plant reports poultry slaughter and poultry processing to FSIS and reports no custom-exempt activity, so it is not listed as a custom processor for individual livestock owners. The company website states that Allen Harim contracts with more than 210 family farmers, which indicates a contract grower model rather than fee-for-service processing of animals hauled in by outside owners. Booking procedures, minimums, fees, and cut and wrap terms are not stated in the sources. Growers or suppliers seeking arrangements would need to contact the company directly; the site lists a corporate main office at (302) 629-9136 and a sales department email, and FSIS lists the Harbeson plant phone as (302) 684-1640.

Allen Harim 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.