PERDUE FOODS LLC

Perdue Foods LLC, doing business as Coleman Natural Foods, operates establishment P2178 at 20621 Savannah Road in Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing under USDA FSIS inspection, with poultry as the only species slaughtered. FSIS classes the establishment as large and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the highest volume tier in the reported scale. The grant of inspection date on file is August 22, 2018. No custom-exempt activity is reported, so the plant is not listed as doing custom slaughter or cut and wrap for individual owners of animals.

The website on file is the corporate and direct-to-consumer site for Perdue Farms rather than a page for this specific plant. That site describes Perdue Farms as a fourth generation, family owned American food and agriculture business in operation for more than 100 years, tracing to a chicken farm started by Arthur Perdue in Salisbury, Maryland, in 1920. It states that Perdue chickens are fed a 100 percent USDA-certified vegetarian diet with no animal by-products, and that animals raised for its brands are never treated with antibiotics, steroids or hormones, noting that federal regulations already prohibit hormones or steroids in pork and poultry. The company describes a family of brands covering poultry, pork, lamb and beef, including crate-free pork, Certified Humane, Angus beef and pastured chicken.

Nothing on the fetched website describes retail sales, tours, drop-off, or scheduling at the Georgetown address itself. Details about this establishment beyond the federal record and the parent company's general statements are not yet on file. Buyers and producers should contact the plant at (302) 855-5607 to confirm current activity, as listed.

The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, and neither the record nor the website describes drop-off slaughter, booking windows, minimums, kill fees, or cut and wrap for individual producers. The parent company's website states that the brands of Perdue Farms work with family farmers and ranchers who must follow a specific set of farming protocols to raise livestock for those brands, and it points growers to pages on how its brands choose farmers and on support programs. Producers interested in a contract grower or supplier relationship would need to pursue that through the company rather than assume this plant takes outside animals for private processing. Confirm directly by phone.

PERDUE FOODS 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.

No retail counter, farm store, or on-site sales at the Georgetown plant are described in the sources. Household buyers can order from the parent company website, which lists chicken cuts, bulk bundles, breaded items, and pork, lamb and beef from affiliated brands. The site states that orders ship on Tuesdays and Wednesdays via UPS, that orders placed before 9 a.m. Eastern on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday are targeted for approximate Friday delivery, and that shipping is free on orders over 300 dollars. Products are described as frozen and vacuum packed, with orders packed in recyclable shipping materials. Prices shown on the site at the time of fetch included items such as boneless skinless chicken breasts at 39.99 for an approximately 3 pound pack and pre-cut chicken breast strips at 14.99 for a 1.25 pound tray. Site pricing and promotions change and many listed items showed as out of stock.

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.