Fresh Halal Meat, Inc.

Fresh Halal Meat, Inc. operates at 1464 Rhodes Road in Lexington, North Carolina, in Davidson County, under FSIS establishment numbers M46824 and P46824. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, and poultry processing, with a grant of inspection dated August 24, 2016. FSIS classifies the plant as very small. The species reported slaughtered under inspection is sheep and lamb, and the slaughter volume category is under 1,000 head per year. The plant reports halal slaughter and also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale.

The website on file, triadhalalmeats.com, is published under the name Triad Halal Meats and gives a different address and phone number than the federal listing: 281 Sisk Mill Loop, Madison, North Carolina, and (336) 949-9696, versus the Lexington address and (336) 259-0742 on file with FSIS. Readers should confirm which location handles a given animal or order before hauling or driving. The website describes a USDA-certified slaughter and processing facility following halal practices, serving both commercial buyers such as restaurants, grocery stores, and caterers, and individual customers. Services described include custom processing of beef, lamb, goat, and deer, halal slaughter, custom butchering to the customer's cut sheet, and vacuum packaging with pickup notification. The site notes Spanish is spoken.

The website also describes a retail store offering cut-to-order halal beef, lamb, and goat, cut at the counter rather than sold pre-packaged. Detailed cut sheets are posted online for beef, lamb, goat, and deer. Hours, ownership, and founding history are not stated in the sources on file.

The federal record shows this establishment is approved for meat and poultry slaughter and processing, reports sheep and lamb as the species slaughtered under inspection, and reports both halal slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter, where the customer owns the animal and packages are marked Not for Sale. FSIS lists it as very small, with slaughter volume under 1,000 head per year. The Triad Halal Meats website instructs customers to schedule an appointment and bring livestock or game, and its beef cut form asks whether the animal should be handled as custom (Not for Sale) or inspected, along with the farm address, animal age, tag number or markings, and delivery date. The form states that steaks default to three-quarter inch and roasts are portioned if not specified, that unmarked cuts go to ground, that all carcasses are subject to testing by onsite inspectors which may delay release, and that an SRM removal fee applies to cattle over 30 months. Deer must be brought in skinned, quartered, and in a cooler. Meat must be picked up within 7 days of the office's call or a storage fee of $20 per day applies. Booking lead times, kill day schedules, price per head, and hanging weight rates are not stated in the sources. Note the address and phone discrepancy between the FSIS listing in Lexington and the website's Madison location.

Fresh Halal Meat, Inc. reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The Triad Halal Meats website describes a retail store where beef, lamb, and goat are cut to order at the counter rather than sold pre-packaged, with butchers accommodating portion sizes and bone-in or boneless requests. All meat is described as processed according to halal standards. The beef cut form allows a customer to order a half or whole animal and to specify packaging sized for a household of one to eight people, with vacuum packaging throughout. Wholesale and bulk pricing with delivery options are mentioned for commercial buyers, but retail prices, online ordering, shipping to households, and store hours are not stated 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.