Quapaw Food Services Authority

Quapaw Food Services Authority is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 59100 East 66 Road in Miami, Oklahoma, in Ottawa County. It holds establishment numbers M46170, P46170 and V46170, with a grant of inspection dated October 11, 2021. FSIS lists its activities as meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry processing, and voluntary slaughter and processing of meat.

The plant reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison under inspection, and also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 2.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year.

The establishment is a department of the Quapaw Nation. A search snippet from the Nation's own site states the Quapaw Food Services Authority was established on September 11, 2017, and describes it as a USDA federally inspected facility. The Nation's website news feed notes that the Quapaw Processing Plant has posted openings for processing personnel through the Quapaw Nation Careers portal. Beyond these items, details such as retail sales, cut and wrap options, pricing, booking practices and product lists are not yet on file.

The plant is set up for both federally inspected and custom-exempt work. It reports slaughtering cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison under inspection, so producers with any of those species can consider it for animals intended for sale, while custom-exempt slaughter is available for animals a customer already owns, with packages marked Not for Sale. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill fees, hanging weight charges and cut and wrap details are not stated in the sources on file. Farmers should call (918) 238-3131 to confirm scheduling and terms.

Quapaw Food Services Authority 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.