Butterball, LLC

Butterball, LLC operates a poultry slaughter and processing establishment at 1628 Garner Chapel Road in Mount Olive, Duplin County, North Carolina. The plant holds FSIS establishment numbers M7345 and P7345 and is listed with a grant of inspection date of March 19, 2021. FSIS records the site as doing business under the names Carolina Turkeys and Carroll's Farm, list its activities as poultry processing and poultry slaughter, and classify it in the largest size class. The reported slaughter volume category is 5.0, the highest band in the FSIS scale, and poultry is the only species reported as slaughtered under inspection.

No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, which means the federal record does not show the plant processing animals for return to individual owners. Butterball's corporate website describes a national branded turkey business rather than a local plant, so it does not state drop-off procedures, booking, kill dates, cut and wrap options, or a retail counter at this address.

The company website describes Butterball as a supplier of retail and foodservice turkey products since 1954, states that its products are sold at major retailers nationwide, and points shoppers to a product locator rather than direct sales. It also states that Butterball was the first and remains the only commercial turkey company to earn the American Humane Certified mark. Site-specific details for the Mount Olive establishment beyond the federal record are not yet on file.

Butterball's website directs shoppers to a product locator and states that its turkey products are available at major retailers nationwide. Neither the website text on file nor the federal record describes a retail counter, farm store, bundles, halves or quarters, delivery, or online ordering at the Mount Olive plant. A consumer affairs line is listed at 1-800-BUTTERBALL (1-800-288-8372), with a text line at 844-877-3456 and a live chat option for product and cooking questions.

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.