Meatworks

Meatworks is a very small USDA-inspected establishment in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, operating under establishment number M46351. The plant reports both meat slaughter and meat processing activities to FSIS, with cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb slaughtered under inspection. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 2.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year.

Alongside federally inspected work, the plant reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and returned in packages marked Not for Sale, and it reports retail-exempt sales. Halal slaughter and kosher slaughter are both reported to FSIS. Secondary listings describe Meatworks as a full service USDA processing plant with a local retail store, and material associated with The Livestock Institute describes it as connecting buyers with a network of New England farmers.

The website on file for this listing is the Rhode Island Farm Bureau Buyers Guide directory rather than a site operated by the plant. A directory listing there repeats the Westport address and phone number and points to meatworkswestport.com. Hours, pricing, booking procedures, cut and wrap details, and current availability are not stated in the sources on file and are not yet on record here.

The plant reports cattle, hog, and sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection, plus custom-exempt slaughter of customer-owned animals returned in Not for Sale packaging. Both halal and kosher slaughter are reported to FSIS. Booking lead times, scheduling windows, minimums, kill fees, hanging weight charges, and cut and wrap options are not stated in the sources on file, so a farmer should call (774) 319-5616 to confirm species accepted and available dates before hauling.

Meatworks reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

Secondary listings describe a local retail store attached to the processing plant, and the establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS. Specific cuts, bundles, halves and quarters, delivery, shipping, or online ordering are not described in the sources on file. Household buyers should call the plant to confirm what is available at the counter and when.

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.