Koch Foods of Mississippi

Koch Foods of Mississippi operates a poultry plant at 162 Magnolia Street in Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, under FSIS establishment number P308. The federal record lists the plant for both poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with a grant of inspection date on file of June 25, 2021. FSIS classifies the establishment as large and places it in slaughter volume category 5.0, the top of the reported volume range. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

Koch Foods, the parent company, describes itself as a privately held, U.S.-based, vertically integrated poultry processor with more than 13,000 employees and operations across Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee, headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois. The company states that its live operations, including feedmills, hatcheries, breeders and broilers, are based in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and that all birds are raised by independent growers. The company says it is not affiliated with Koch Industries or the Koch brothers.

The company website is corporate and does not describe retail sales, custom slaughter, or visitor services at the Morton location specifically. Koch Foods states that all of its facilities are USDA inspected and operate under HACCP and SSOP plans meeting 9 CFR 417, and that the company holds BRC Standard certification and follows National Chicken Council animal welfare guidelines with annual PAACO audits. Details specific to this establishment beyond the federal record and the corporate website are not yet on file.

This is a large, vertically integrated company plant. FSIS reports no custom-exempt activity at establishment P308, and neither the federal record nor the company website describes custom slaughter, cut and wrap for individual owners, booking procedures, minimums, or fees. Koch Foods states that all of its birds are raised by independent contract growers and that it blends its own feed in FDA-inspected facilities. Growers interested in the contract production model would need to contact the company directly; the website lists info@kochfoods.com and a general contact form, and the plant phone on the federal record is (601) 732-3092.

Koch Foods of Mississippi 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.

No retail counter, farm store, halves or quarters, bundles, delivery, or online ordering is described for the Morton plant. Koch Foods sells through foodservice distributors, grocery retail, and export channels, and says its chicken is sold under the Koch Foods, Cravers Chicken, and Antioch Farms brand names, with a store locator on the company website. The company also markets fully cooked frozen retail items such as chicken nuggets and breast strips.

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.