Agri Star Meat and Poultry, LLC

Agri Star Meat and Poultry, LLC operates at 220 West Street in Postville, Allamakee County, Iowa, under establishment numbers M4653A, P4653A and V4653A. The federal record lists the business as doing business under the names Aaron's Beef, Iowa Best Beef, Shor Harbor and al munmtaz. FSIS classifies the plant as large and lists activities that include meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, poultry processing and export certification. The grant of inspection date on file is June 21, 2019.

Cattle and poultry are the species reported slaughtered under inspection. The plant reports both kosher slaughter and halal slaughter to FSIS. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 4.0, well above the smallest category, which covers plants under 1,000 head per year. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website on file at agristarmeatandpoultry.com carries only navigation headings for home, about us, an employee portal and contact, so no description of products, hours or ordering is published there. A secondary listing describes custom beef processing for farmers and ranchers in the region, which does not match the federal record showing no custom-exempt activity, and social media posts referenced a fire at the Postville facility. Details beyond the federal record are not yet on file, and operating status is not confirmed here.

The federal record shows cattle and poultry slaughter under federal inspection at a plant FSIS classifies as large, with a slaughter volume category of 4.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, which means animals handled here are expected to move through inspected channels rather than custom, not-for-sale processing. One secondary directory listing describes custom beef processing for farmers and ranchers in the region, but that is not supported by the federal record. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill fees and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should contact the plant at (563) 864-7811 to confirm what work, if any, is being taken as listed.

Agri Star Meat and Poultry, 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.