Olde Tyme Meats, LLC

Olde Tyme Meats, LLC operates at 1711 Gabler Road in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, under establishment numbers M9640A and P9640A. FSIS classifies the plant as small and lists its activities as poultry processing and poultry slaughter, with species detail not reported to the agency. No custom-exempt activity is reported in the federal record. The establishment's own website describes its work differently, presenting the operation as a USDA butcher shop doing beef and pork processing, so a buyer or farmer should confirm species and services directly with the plant.

The website states that the business grew out of the 2020 COVID pandemic, when meat was in short supply and butcher shops were booked far out. The Shank family, who had previously had their family beef and pork butchered at Lil' Ponderosa on the site, bought the butcher shop and carried out renovations to increase production. The stated goal is high quality USDA processing for farms selling direct to consumers.

Practices described on the website include humane slaughter, expert cutting, and packaging intended for market sale, no citric acid on the hanging carcass (hot water only), burgers and sausages made without fillers, seasoning without MSG, and smoking in the shop's own smokehouse with hickory smoke rather than liquid smoke. The site also emphasizes direct contact between farmer and butcher. Retail hours, pricing, scheduling terms, and delivery details are not stated in the material on file.

The website states that the shop specializes in serving farms that market meat direct to consumers, offering humane harvesting, expert processing, and packaging intended for resale, along with direct access to the butcher for questions. Processing practices described include no citric acid on the hanging carcass, no MSG in seasoning, no fillers in burgers and sausages, and hickory smoking in the shop's own smokehouse. Note that FSIS lists this establishment's activities as poultry slaughter and poultry processing, while the website describes beef and pork work, and no custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS. Booking lead times, scheduling procedures, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in the sources on file, so farmers should contact the plant at (717) 264-6787 to confirm species accepted and current terms.

Olde Tyme Meats, LLC 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.

Secondary directory listings describe Olde Tyme Meats as a local butcher shop that processes locally raised beef and pork and sells directly, and one listing refers to meats and cheeses, but the establishment's own website does not describe a retail counter, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. Household buyers should contact the shop directly to confirm what is available for purchase.

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.