Perdue Foods LLC

Perdue Foods LLC operates establishment P21234 at 250 Ga Hwy 247 Spur in Perry, Houston County, Georgia. The federal record lists the plant for poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as large, with a slaughter volume category of 5.0, the top of the reported scale. The grant of inspection date on file is October 6, 2021. The establishment does business under several brand names recorded with FSIS: Coleman Natural, Draper Valley, Harvestland, and Shenandoah Products. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The website on file is the national Perdue Farms consumer site rather than a page for the Perry plant. That site describes Perdue Farms as a fourth-generation, family owned business founded when Arthur Perdue established a chicken farm in Salisbury, Maryland, in 1920, and states the company remains family owned and privately held. It says Perdue chickens are fed a 100 percent USDA-certified vegetarian diet with no animal by-products, that animals are raised with no antibiotics ever and no added hormones or steroids, and that products are frozen and vacuum packed. Federal regulations already prohibit hormones and steroids in poultry and pork, a point the site notes.

The consumer site sells chicken, pork, beef, lamb, and other items by mail order with UPS shipping, but it does not tie any specific product to the Perry establishment, and it does not describe a retail counter, plant tour, or drop-off arrangements at Perry. Details about this location beyond the federal record and the corporate site are not yet on file. Farmers and household buyers should contact the plant or the company directly at (478) 988-6000 to confirm what work and sales, if any, are handled at this address.

The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, and neither the federal record nor the website describes custom slaughter, cut and wrap for individual owners, booking procedures, minimums, or fees at Perry. The corporate site states that the brands of Perdue Farms work with family farmers and ranchers, including poultry, cattle, sheep, and hog producers, who must follow a specific set of farming protocols to raise livestock for those brands, and it points to grower support programs. That is a company-wide contract growing relationship, not a stated custom processing service at this plant. Farmers interested in either arrangement would need to contact the company directly.

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, halves and quarters, or on-site sales at the Perry plant are stated in the sources. The Perdue Farms consumer website sells chicken, pork, beef, and lamb online, with bundles such as a 15 pound bulk chicken breasts bundle and an organic chicken breasts bundle, and lists free 2-day shipping on orders over 300 dollars. The site states orders ship Tuesdays and Wednesdays via UPS, with orders placed before 9 a.m. ET Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday delivered approximately on Friday. Products are described as frozen and vacuum packed. The site does not identify which items, if any, come from the Perry establishment.

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.