Responsible Transportation LLC

Responsible Transportation LLC operates a USDA-inspected plant at 22034 200th Street in Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa, under establishment numbers M45099, P45099 and V45099. The federal record lists the business as also doing business as Iowa Meat Company, Keokuk Hills Beef and Thunder Ridge Beef Company. FSIS lists the grant of inspection date on file as September 9, 2021, and classifies the establishment as small.

The activities reported to FSIS are meat processing, meat slaughter, poultry processing, poultry slaughter, voluntary processing of meat and voluntary slaughter of rabbit. Cattle are the species reported as slaughtered under inspection, and the plant reports halal slaughter. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 3, above the smallest reported tier. No custom-exempt activity is reported, which means the federal record does not show slaughter or processing of animals for an owner's own use.

No website is on file for this establishment, and secondary directory listings add little beyond the location, phone number and a general description of processing and slaughter services in southeast Iowa. Those listings give conflicting founding information, citing 2010 in one case and 2012 in another. Details beyond the federal record, including retail sales, pricing, scheduling and cut and wrap options, are not yet on file.

Producers should know that this plant reports cattle slaughter and meat processing under federal inspection, plus poultry slaughter and processing and voluntary rabbit slaughter. Because no custom-exempt activity is reported, the federal record indicates work here is done under inspection rather than as custom processing for an owner's own use. Booking practices, lead times, minimums, kill days, hanging and aging, and cut and wrap fees are not stated in any source on file. Farmers should call (641) 622-3220 to confirm what is being accepted, as listed.

Responsible Transportation 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.