Quality Pork Processors, Inc.

Quality Pork Processors, Inc. operates under USDA establishment number M1620 at 711 Hormel Century Parkway in Austin, Minnesota, in Mower County. The federal record lists the plant for Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing, with hogs as the species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment in its large size class and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0, the highest category recorded in this registry, where category 1 covers plants under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection date on file is August 21, 2017. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website is directed almost entirely at job applicants rather than buyers. It describes a USDA-regulated pork processing and packaging facility that runs year-round, with departments for receiving, processing, packaging, sanitation, and shipping, and it states that the company processes and fabricates fresh pork as a co-packer for food manufacturing and distribution partners across the region. The site says the company was founded in 1989, is privately held, and has a workforce of more than 1,300 people. A secondary business directory listing describes the company as a Hormel subsidiary; the company's own site describes it as a privately held meat processing company.

Nothing on the website indicates retail sales, custom slaughter for individual livestock owners, or sales of halves and quarters to households. Details beyond the federal record and the careers-oriented website content are not yet on file. Farmers and household buyers should contact the plant directly at (507) 434-6300 to ask what, if anything, is available to them.

The federal record lists Quality Pork Processors as a hog slaughter and meat processing establishment in the FSIS large size class, in slaughter volume category 4.0, which is the highest volume band recorded. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, and the website does not mention custom slaughter, booking procedures, minimums, kill fees, or cut and wrap for individual livestock owners. The site describes the operation as a co-packer fabricating fresh pork for food manufacturing and distribution partners. Producers interested in delivering hogs would need to contact the plant at (507) 434-6300 to learn how animals are sourced, as none of that is stated in the sources on file.

Quality Pork Processors, 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 sources on file do not describe a retail counter, halves or quarters, freezer bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. The website states that the company produces, processes, and packages pork in-house and follows USDA protocol and food safety standards, and it invites callers to ask about pork production and processing services, but it names no consumer products or purchase paths. Households looking to buy directly should call (507) 434-6300 to ask whether any direct sales exist.

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.