Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., doing business as IBP Inc. and part of Tyson Foods, Inc., operates establishment M244W at 501 N. Elk Run Road in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. The federal record lists the plant for both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing, with hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as Large and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0, the highest of the reported categories, indicating a high-throughput operation rather than a small local shop. The grant of inspection date on file is August 30, 2021. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The website on file is the corporate site for Tyson Foods, Inc., which describes the company as a protein-focused food company producing approximately 20 percent of the beef, pork and chicken in the United States, with about $54 billion in fiscal year 2025 sales and roughly 133,000 team members as of February 2026. Corporate brands named include Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright Brand, Aidells, State Fair, IBP and Hillshire Snacking. The company describes selling through foodservice channels, national restaurant chains, schools, military bases, hospitals and nursing homes, and through club, grocery and discount retail channels. A search snippet references a Tyson Foods page titled Waterloo Fresh Meats Facility.

Plant-level details for the Waterloo location, including hours, retail sales, custom or private slaughter for individual farmers, cut and wrap options, and any religious or third party certifications, are not stated in the sources on file. Beyond the federal record and the corporate description above, details are not yet on file.