Clemens Food Group, LLC

Clemens Food Group, LLC, doing business as Hatfield Quality Meats, operates a USDA-inspected establishment at 572 Newton Road in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, under establishment number M791C. The federal record lists both meat slaughter and meat processing activities, with hogs reported as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant in its large size category and places its slaughter volume in category 4.0, well above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection date on file is November 23, 2021.

The company describes itself as a sixth-generation family-owned business founded in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, guided by stated values of ethics, integrity and stewardship, with more than 5,000 team members across multiple states. Its operations are described as vertically coordinated, spanning manufacturing facilities, farms, feed mills and transportation. Pork processing facilities are listed in Hatfield and Tyrone, Pennsylvania, and in Coldwater, Michigan. Company material states the Pennsylvania plants support customers from Maine to Miami while the Coldwater plant serves customers from the Midwest to California. A company page states that Clemens opened the Coldwater facility in 2017 with capacity to process 11,000 hogs a day.

The website on file is the company careers site, so information about hog procurement terms, retail sales, or direct purchasing at the Coldwater location is not present. The federal record reports no custom-exempt activity at this establishment. Details beyond the federal record and the company careers and corporate pages are not yet on file.

The federal record reports hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection at this establishment, and no custom-exempt activity is reported, meaning the plant is not listed as offering custom processing where a farmer retains the meat for personal use. Company material describes a vertically coordinated supply model that includes Country View Family Farms, a network of over 300 company owned and independent family farms with full-time veterinary and nutrition staff, PWA plus certification, and routine third-party animal safety audits. The sources do not state whether the Coldwater plant buys hogs from outside producers, and no booking process, scheduling window, minimums, or kill fees are stated. Farmers would need to contact the company directly through its corporate contact page.

Clemens Food Group, LLC 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.