Phillips Meats LLC

Phillips Meats LLC operates at 2790 Ridge Road in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, under USDA FSIS establishment numbers M51300 and P51300. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, and poultry processing activities, with cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb reported as species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as very small and places its slaughter volume in the lowest reported category, under 1,000 head per year. The grant of inspection date on file is August 12, 2021. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, and reports retail-exempt sales.

The company website presents itself under the line Farm to Finish Meats and organizes its pages around custom processing, a store, meat packs, weekly specials, buying beef or hog, and specialty smoked products including hot dogs, sausages, fresh sausage, bratwurst, and links. A search snippet from the site states that Phillips Meats was founded to give livestock owners a dependable, honest place to process their animals without shortcuts.

Much of the website text on file is illegible markup rather than readable copy, so specifics such as hours, pricing, booking lead times, cut sheet options, and ownership details are not yet on file beyond the federal record and the page and product names listed above.

The plant reports both federally inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, so livestock owners can have animals processed for their own use with packages marked Not for Sale, or have carcasses handled under inspection. Species slaughtered under inspection are reported as cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The website has a Custom Processing page and, per a search snippet, describes the business as founded to give livestock owners a dependable, honest place to process their animals. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, minimums, kill fees, hanging weight charges, and cut and wrap details are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should call (740) 453-3337 to confirm current availability, since FSIS listing does not indicate whether new work is being accepted.

Phillips Meats LLC 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 website lists a Store page, Meat Packs, Weekly Specials, and a Buy Beef Or Hog page, and the plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which indicates counter sales at the establishment. Named retail items include specialty smoked products, hot dogs, sausages, fresh sausage, bratwurst, and links. Whether halves and quarters, bundle contents, prices, online ordering, delivery, or shipping are offered is not stated in the sources on file.

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.