Farbest Foods, Inc.

Farbest Foods, Inc. operates a turkey slaughter and processing plant at 4689 S. 400 West in Huntingburg, Dubois County, Indiana, under FSIS establishment number P7769. The federal record lists the plant's activities as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as large and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0. The grant of inspection date on file is June 11, 2012.

The company website describes Farbest Foods as one of the largest turkey companies in the United States by volume, supplying raw, fresh and frozen turkey products to brand-name value added further processors in the United States and abroad. The company reports two processing plants, one in Huntingburg and one in Vincennes, Indiana, and states that total live production exceeds 600 million live pounds annually. Corporate offices are listed in Jasper, Indiana, at 1155 W. 12th Avenue. Related businesses include Farbest Farms, Inc. and JFS Milling, Inc., the latter producing feed that is trucked to contract growers and brooder hubs. Distribution centers are described as shipping up to two million pounds per day of raw, fresh and frozen turkey meat.

The website states that operations are approved by the National Poultry Improvement Plan, that all flocks are tested for avian influenza before processing, and that the company is BRC Food Certified and follows HACCP food safety practices with on site PCR lab testing. It also references USDA-AMS Process Verified and Export Verification programs. The site describes a wholesale business model aimed at further processors. It does not describe a retail counter, custom or exempt slaughter for individual farmers, or direct sales to households, and FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment.

Farbest Foods is described as an integrated turkey company that raises birds through contract growers and brooder hubs and mills its own feed at JFS Milling. FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, and neither the federal record nor the website describes custom slaughter, drop-off scheduling, kill fees, or cut and wrap service for outside producers. A grower interested in a contract relationship would need to contact the company directly at (812) 683-4200; terms are not stated in the sources on file.

Farbest Foods, Inc. 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.