Papineau Locker

Papineau Locker, doing business as Tawakal Meats, is a very small USDA-inspected slaughter and processing plant at 105 S East Ave in Papineau, Iroquois County, Illinois. It operates under establishment numbers M1696 and V1696, with a grant of inspection on file dated May 30, 2023. FSIS lists its activities as meat processing, meat slaughter, voluntary processing of meat, and voluntary slaughter of meat.

The plant reports slaughtering cattle, sheep, and lamb under inspection, and its FSIS slaughter volume category is 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year. It also reports halal slaughter, custom-exempt slaughter of animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales. A Yelp listing describes retail meats and processing services at the location.

The website on file is a Facebook page, and no website text was available for this profile. Details beyond the federal record, including hours, pricing, booking practices, and specific cuts or bundles, are not yet on file.

The establishment is listed with FSIS for both slaughter and processing of cattle, sheep, and lamb, and it reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which the animal remains the property of the customer and the returned packages are marked Not for Sale. Halal slaughter is reported to FSIS. FSIS places the plant in slaughter volume category 1, under 1,000 head per year, and in the very small size class, so scheduling capacity is limited by that scale. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should call (815) 428-7376 to confirm species, dates, and terms.

Papineau Locker reports custom-exempt slaughter 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 plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, and a Yelp listing refers to retail meats and processing services at the location, which indicates meat sold directly to customers at the site. Specific products, cuts, halves and quarters, bundle offerings, delivery, shipping, and online ordering are not stated in the sources on file. Households can reach the establishment at (815) 428-7376 or through the Facebook page listed as its website.

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.