Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.

Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. operates a USDA-inspected meat plant at 424 East Railroad Street in Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, under establishment number M413. The federal record lists both meat slaughter and meat processing activities, with hogs as the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the establishment as large and places it in slaughter volume category 4.0, the range well above the smallest category of under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection date on file is May 28, 2021.

The establishment number M413 is associated with a long list of doing-business-as names in the federal record, including Smithfield, Smithfield Foods, Smithfield Packing Co., Farmland, John Morrell, Gwaltney, Eckrich, Armour, Curly's, Carando, Patrick Cudahy and many others tied to the wider Smithfield corporate group. That list reflects corporate naming across the company rather than a description of what is produced at this specific Clinton address.

No company website for this location is on file. The site linked in the registry record resolves to the Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce, which contains no information about this plant. Details beyond the federal record, including products sold, hours, retail access and whether the plant works with individual livestock owners, are not yet on file.

The federal record shows M413 as a large hog slaughter and processing establishment in slaughter volume category 4.0, and it reports no custom-exempt activity. That means no custom slaughter or cut and wrap for an owner's own use is recorded with FSIS at this location. Nothing on file describes booking procedures, minimums, delivery windows, live weight requirements or fees. Producers should contact the plant directly at (910) 592-2104 to learn whether it takes outside animals, since large commercial hog plants often source through contracts rather than individual drop-offs.

Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. 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, freezer sales, bundle offering, online ordering, shipping or delivery is described in any source on file for this location. The plant is recorded as a large federally inspected hog slaughter and processing facility, which typically supplies wholesale and retail channels rather than direct household sales. Buyers wanting to purchase from this establishment should call (910) 592-2104 to ask whether any direct sales exist.

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.