Mar-Jac Poultry-MS

Mar-Jac Poultry-MS, doing business as Mar-Jac Poultry - MS LLC, operates a poultry plant at 1301 James Street in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. The establishment holds federal establishment number P517 and reports poultry slaughter and poultry processing to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. FSIS lists the plant in its large size class, with a grant of inspection date on file of April 29, 2022, and a slaughter volume category of 5.0, the highest tier in the FSIS scale. No custom-exempt activity is reported.

The corporate website on file, marjacpoultry.com, describes Mar-Jac Poultry as a fully integrated poultry production company headquartered in Gainesville, Georgia, founded in 1954 by brothers Marvin and Jack McKibbon to serve a cooperative of growers in Northeast Georgia. The site describes company-owned hatchery operations in Lula, Georgia, a feed mill in Maysville, Georgia, roughly 200 contracted poultry farms in Northeast Georgia, and processing of 2,000,000 chickens per week at the Gainesville, Georgia plant. The website content and contact information describe the Georgia operations rather than the Hattiesburg establishment; specifics for the Mississippi plant beyond the federal record are not yet on file.

The company states that it does not sell to the general public, individual restaurants, or convenience stores, and sells primarily to wholesale distributors and national fast food establishments, with export to numerous countries. The website states the plant works with FSIS to meet federal food safety standards.

The establishment reports no custom-exempt activity to FSIS, and nothing in the sources indicates that it accepts animals from outside farmers for custom slaughter or cut and wrap. The company website describes a fully integrated model in which birds are raised by contracted growers under company programs, with a field specialist assigned to each farm, and company-owned hatchery and feed mill operations. Growers interested in contract arrangements would need to contact the company directly, since booking, minimums, and fees are not stated in the sources.

Mar-Jac Poultry-MS 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 company website states plainly that Mar-Jac Poultry does not sell to the general public, individual restaurants, or convenience stores, and sells primarily to wholesale distributors and various national fast food establishments. No retail counter, bundles, halves and quarters, online ordering, shipping, or delivery to households is described 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.