Pelleh Poultry Corp.

Pelleh Poultry Corp. operates at 522 Happy Avenue in Swan Lake, Sullivan County, New York, under USDA FSIS establishment numbers M44121 and P44121. The federal record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing activities, poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection, a grant of inspection date of August 2, 2021, and a small size class. The plant's FSIS slaughter volume category is 4.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

The company website describes a small, family-owned abattoir in a 6,000-square-foot facility that processes Jurgielewicz Pekin ducks and Amish-sourced King Pigeon squabs, alongside a chicken business. The site says the operation has run for over 25 years under the hasgacha of Harav Dovid Miller, and that products are kosher certified by Rav Dovid Miller and the Orthodox Union. Rabbi Refoel Franklin, who bought a farm in upstate New York in the early 1980s after training as a shochet, founded the company; his son Eliezer works in the business. Note that the FSIS grant of inspection date on file, 2021, is more recent than the history described on the website, which is common when grants are reissued or amended.

Pelleh states that it ships gourmet duck and squab products to households, caterers, and fine restaurants across the United States, and that online ordering is now available. The website also references a separate family dairy operation, Bethel Creamery, on a 135-acre farm in Swan Lake, which is not part of the FSIS meat and poultry record.

The website sells directly to households and lists a price list and an online ordering page, stating that customers no longer need to be local to receive Pelleh products and that the company ships duck and squab items nationwide to households, caterers, and restaurants. Products include whole ducklings, whole squab, portioned breasts and legs, duck fat, and a line of smoked sausages and rillettes. Ducks are described as Pekin birds from Joe Jurgielewicz and Sons, raised without hormones or antibiotics. Products are described as kosher certified by Rav Dovid Miller and the Orthodox Union. The site invites visitors to stop by during the week for a tour, but no retail store hours are stated.

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.