Baringer Bros. Meats

Baringer Bros. Meats operates under USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service establishment number M9706 at 560 Richlandtown Pike in Richlandtown, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. The federal record lists the plant for both meat slaughter and meat processing, with a grant of inspection on file dated January 11, 1988. FSIS classifies the establishment as very small.

Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle and hogs. The plant falls in FSIS slaughter volume category 1, meaning fewer than 1,000 head per year. The establishment also reports custom-exempt processing and retail-exempt sales, which generally indicates work done for individual animal owners as well as some direct sales.

The website on file is a Facebook page, and no descriptive text from it was available for this record. Details beyond the federal record, including hours, pricing, scheduling, cut and wrap options, and product lists, are not yet on file. Buyers and producers should contact the plant directly at (215) 536-4337 to confirm current operations.

The federal record lists Baringer Bros. Meats for slaughter of cattle and hogs under USDA inspection, along with custom-exempt processing, which is the category used when a producer or animal owner has an animal processed for personal use rather than for sale. The plant is very small, in the FSIS volume category of under 1,000 head slaughtered per year, so capacity is limited. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill day schedules, hanging and aging practices, cut and wrap fees, and disposal arrangements are not stated in any source on file. Producers should call (215) 536-4337 to ask about scheduling and whether animals are being accepted, as listed.

Baringer Bros. Meats reports custom-exempt processing 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 establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which indicates some sales directly to consumers at the plant. No source on file describes a retail counter, product selection, prices, bundles, halves or quarters, delivery, shipping, or online ordering. Households interested in buying should contact the plant directly to confirm what is available.

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.