Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. operates a federally inspected hog slaughter and meat processing plant at 16198 Highway 70 North in Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. The establishment holds numbers M244L and V244L and is listed with FSIS for meat slaughter, meat processing, and export certification. FSIS classifies the plant as large, with a slaughter volume category of 4.0, and the grant of inspection date on file is July 19, 2018. Hogs are the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection. The establishment also appears in the federal record under the alternate names IBP, Inc., TSD Sales and Distribution, Tyson Foods, Inc., and Tyson Sales and Distribution, Inc.

The website on file is the corporate site for Tyson Foods, which describes the company as a multi-national, protein-focused food company producing approximately 20 percent of the beef, pork, and chicken in the United States, with roughly 133,000 team members as of February 2026 and fiscal year 2025 sales of 54 billion dollars. Its brand portfolio is listed as Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, State Fair, IBP, and Hillshire Snacking. The corporate site states that the company sells chicken, beef, pork, and prepared foods through club stores, grocery stores, and discount stores, and supplies foodservice customers including restaurant chains, schools, military bases, hospitals, nursing homes, and international customers.

No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS for this establishment, and the corporate website carries no plant-level information about retail sales, individual animal processing, or public hours at Columbus Junction. Details beyond the federal record and the corporate site are not yet on file.