Indiana Packers Corporation

Indiana Packers Corporation operates a USDA-inspected hog slaughter and meat processing plant at 6755 W 100 N in Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana, under establishment number M17564. FSIS lists the plant's activities as meat slaughter and meat processing, with hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection. The plant is classified as large, with a slaughter volume category of 4.0, and the grant of inspection date on file is September 17, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS. The establishment is also listed under the names Home Kitchen, Indiana Kitchen, Indiana Packers, Indiana Packers Co., Indiana Packers Corp., and Itoham Foods Inc.

The company describes itself as a fully integrated food company operating in the Midwest, sourcing hogs from local family-owned farms near the plant. Its website states that production capacity has more than quadrupled over roughly 30 years and that the operation runs round the clock, yielding more than 3.9 million pounds of meat per day across more than 990,000 square feet of SQF certified facilities. The company cites HACCP protocols, product traceability, and on-site testing, along with PQA certified farmers and TQA certified transporters. Operations are also referenced in Frankfort, Indiana, and Holland, Michigan, and a new freezer distribution center was built in Delphi.

Sales are directed at retail, foodservice, food processor, and international customers rather than at walk-in shoppers. Branded product lines named on the website include Indiana Kitchen, Kentucky Legend, Scott Pete, Mickelberry's, Field, Fischer's, and Kentuckian Gold. The website does not describe a retail store, farm-gate custom processing, or direct sales to households at the Delphi plant.

Indiana Packers sources hogs from local, family-owned farms in the Midwest and states on its Farm Partners page that it is looking for Midwest farm producers who share its values, with pages covering doing business with the company, livestock transit, and food safety. Farmers are directed to the company contact form, which includes a hog procurement inquiry option, and a sales phone line of (800) 474-7206. The plant reports no custom-exempt activity to FSIS, and neither the federal record nor the website describes custom slaughter or cut and wrap service returning meat to an individual producer. Booking procedures, minimums, and fees are not stated in the sources.

Indiana Packers Corporation 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.

The website is oriented to retail, foodservice, food processor, and international buyers rather than to individual shoppers. Branded products, including Indiana Kitchen, Kentucky Legend, Scott Pete, Mickelberry's, Field, Fischer's, and Kentuckian Gold, are described as sold through retailers and foodservice channels. No retail counter at the Delphi plant, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping to households is stated in the sources.

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.