MRG Food LLC

MRG Food LLC operates a very small USDA-inspected plant at 800 Manning Avenue in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, under establishment numbers M9457, P9457 and V9457. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry processing and export certification activities, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 22, 2021. Cattle, sheep and lamb are the species reported as slaughtered under inspection, and the plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are returned in packages marked Not for Sale. The FSIS slaughter volume category on file is 2.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year.

The company website, published under the name MRG Group, LLC, describes the business as a processor of fresh beef, lamb and goat meat in Western Pennsylvania operating since 2008. The site is organized into divisions: MRG Farms, which sources livestock from farmers within a 50 mile radius as well as from livestock auctions and dealers; MRG Packing, which slaughters beef, lamb, goat and calf and states it can provide customized services to customer specifications; MRG Food Services, which supplies carcasses, primal cuts, boxed beef and ground beef to butcher shops, grocery stores and restaurants; MRG Choiceness, covering Turkish Doner Kebab products; MRG Trucking, with temperature controlled trucks; MRG International, offering hides to tanners; and MRG Organics, described as work with a grass fed beef farmer.

The website describes goat and calf slaughter, while the species reported to FSIS as slaughtered under inspection are cattle, sheep and lamb. The site does not list retail counter hours, custom cut and wrap terms, booking procedures, or prices, and no such details are on file here. Buyers and producers should contact the plant directly to confirm current services.

The federal record shows meat slaughter under inspection for cattle, sheep and lamb, plus custom-exempt slaughter, meaning a producer can have an animal processed for their own use with packages marked Not for Sale. The website states the company cooperates with farmers in Western Pennsylvania who raise beef, lamb and goat within a 50 mile radius, and that it also buys livestock at auctions and from dealers. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill fees, cut and wrap charges and hanging weight terms are not stated in the sources on file. Producers should contact the plant at (412) 482-7430 to confirm scheduling and terms.

MRG Food 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.