J. W. TREUTH & SONS, INC.

J. W. Treuth & Sons, Inc. operates at 328 Oella Avenue in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, under establishment numbers M2612, P2612 and V2612. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry processing and voluntary meat slaughter, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 20, 2021. FSIS classes the plant as small and places it in slaughter volume category 2.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year. Species slaughtered under inspection are reported as cattle and bison. The plant reports both halal and kosher slaughter, and reports retail-exempt sales. It also does business under the names Capitol Meat Company and Wunder Pizza & Seafood Co.

The company website states that J.W. Treuth & Sons was established over 100 years ago as a purveyor of fine meats and that it started in Catonsville and remains there today. The site describes beef produced under strict Rabbinical supervision and monitored by USDA inspection, and grading tiers it calls Treuth Prime, Treuth Reserve, described as hand selected at the upper end of the Choice spectrum through a nine step process, and Treuth Choice, described as whole carcass product. The site states that production does not use mechanical separators or automated methods and relies on traditional meat cutters. Beyond beef, the website lists whole carcass and food service supply to restaurants and hotels, and a bio-medical division supplying fresh bio-medical material to research and medical institutions, citing proximity to universities, BWI and the Baltimore Port.

A retail outlet at the same Oella Avenue address is described as a longstanding fixture offering meats, seafood and other products. A posted specials page lists beef, pork, poultry, deli items, sausage and a range of seafood with per pound prices. No information about custom slaughter or processing for individual livestock owners appears in the sources, and FSIS records no custom-exempt activity at this establishment.

The federal record shows meat slaughter, voluntary meat slaughter and meat processing at this establishment, with cattle and bison reported as the species slaughtered under inspection, and FSIS places it in slaughter volume category 2.0. However, no custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, and neither the website nor the search results describe custom harvest, booking procedures, minimums, kill fees, or cut and wrap for individual livestock owners. The website instead describes working with producers to select premium beef and selling whole carcass product to buyers and food service accounts. A farmer considering hauling animals here should contact the plant at (410) 465-4650 to ask whether producer slaughter is available, since that is not stated in the sources on file.

J. W. TREUTH & SONS, INC. 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.

The plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS and its website describes a retail outlet at 328 Oella Avenue in Catonsville offering various meats, seafood and other products, with weekly butcher shop specials posted by the pound. Listed specials have included sirloin, picanha, dry aged NY strip, whole chicken and chicken parts, boneless pork chops, pork butts, babyback ribs, deli hams and turkey, country sausage, smoked kielbasa, and seafood including salmon, flounder, cod, rockfish, halibut, Chilean seabass, Maryland lump and jumbo lump crabmeat, and scallops. The website states that local home deliveries are made to Baltimore city, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County and Howard County. Halves and quarters, freezer bundles and shipping outside the delivery area are not mentioned in the sources.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.