Morris Meat Packing Company, Inc.

Morris Meat Packing Company, Inc. operates under USDA establishment number M18229 at 1611 N. Division Street in Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. The federal record lists the plant for both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing, with hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection, and classes it as a Very Small establishment. The grant of inspection date on file is February 4, 2019. FSIS records place it in slaughter volume category 3.0, so annual head counts are above the smallest category rather than under 1,000 head per year. The plant also reports custom-exempt processing to FSIS, the arrangement used for animals processed for an owner's own use rather than for sale.

The company website is presented as Morris Meat and lists a separate address at 1406 S. 5th Ave., Maywood, Illinois, with telephone 708.865.8566. The site describes the business as wholesale and retail fresh pork outside Chicago. According to the site, Frank Masellis, Vito Punzi, and Nick Simov started Morris Meat Company about 40 years ago, slaughtering hogs in Morris, Illinois, and worked out of the slaughterhouse for six years before buying the Maywood location, which became the processing plant and retail location. The FSIS record for M18229 gives the Morris address and phone (815) 942-9284, while the website gives the Maywood address and phone, so a buyer or hauler should confirm which site handles which activity.

Beyond the hog slaughter, custom-exempt processing, and fresh pork retail noted above, details such as booking procedures, cut and wrap options, pricing, and whether halves or bundles are sold are not stated in the sources on file.

The federal record lists Morris Meat Packing Company, Inc. for hog slaughter under inspection and shows custom-exempt processing, which is the category used when animals are processed for the owner's own use rather than for sale. FSIS places the plant in slaughter volume category 3.0, above the smallest volume tier. Species other than hogs are not listed as slaughtered under inspection. Scheduling practices, lead times, minimums, kill day timing, hanging and cooler capacity, and cut and wrap fees are not stated in the sources on file, so a producer should call (815) 942-9284 to confirm current availability and terms.

Morris Meat Packing Company, Inc. reports custom-exempt processing to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The company website describes wholesale and retail fresh pork and lists a retail location at 1406 S. 5th Ave., Maywood, Illinois, telephone 708.865.8566, roughly an hour east of the Morris plant. The Morris address in the federal record is the slaughter and processing establishment. Specific cuts, bundle offerings, halves or quarters, online ordering, shipping, and delivery are not described in the sources on file.

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.