Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation operates a poultry slaughter and processing establishment at 7088 Hwy 1 Bypass in Natchitoches, Louisiana, in Natchitoches Parish. The plant carries FSIS establishment number P5787 and is listed with the activities Poultry Processing and Poultry Slaughter. FSIS classifies the plant in its Large size class, with a slaughter volume category of 5.0, the highest band in the FSIS scale. The grant of inspection date on file is May 13, 2022. Poultry is the only species reported slaughtered under inspection, and no custom-exempt activity is reported.

The corporate website describes Pilgrim's as a global provider of poultry, pork, and prepared foods, with more than 61,000 team members, 39 fresh processing facilities and 30 prepared foods facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe. The company states it has operated for more than seven decades and partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies. Corporate headquarters are listed at 1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, Colorado. The website does not publish plant-level detail for the Natchitoches location.

Secondary directory listings describe the company as distributing products through restaurants and retail outlets and as a supplier of whole and further-processed poultry. A separate listing at the same road address identifies a Pilgrim's Pride Natchitoches feed mill. Details beyond the federal record and the corporate website, including plant-level hours, retail sales, and any farmer intake arrangements, are not yet on file.

The federal record lists no custom-exempt activity at this establishment, so it is not recorded as a plant that processes an individual owner's animals for that owner's use. The plant is a Large FSIS establishment with a slaughter volume category of 5.0, and poultry is the only species reported slaughtered under inspection. At the corporate level, the company states it partners with more than 6,800 family farms for poultry, hog, and lamb supplies, but no grower contracting terms, booking process, or fees for the Natchitoches plant are stated in the sources on file. Producers should contact the plant at (318) 352-9600 to confirm what, if anything, it accepts.

Pilgrim's Pride 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.