Penn State Meat Lab

Penn State Meat Lab operates under USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service establishment number M9844+P9844 at 15 Meat Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, and poultry processing activities, with a grant of inspection date on file of November 1, 2017. FSIS classifies the establishment as very small and places its slaughter volume in the lowest reported category, under 1,000 head per year.

Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The establishment reports retail-exempt sales and reports no custom-exempt activity, meaning the federal record does not show custom slaughter or processing for individual livestock owners at this location. Department pages describe the facility as a teaching and research meat laboratory with 16,000 square feet of total space, 1,200 square feet of refrigerated space, a 200-person classroom, and a 40-person classroom.

Penn State's Department of Animal Science describes a Friday sale held in the lab's retail store during the spring and fall semesters. No dedicated commercial website for the establishment is on file, and details beyond the federal record and these university facility pages, including pricing, booking practices, and cut and wrap options, are not yet on file.

The Department of Animal Science states that the Meat Laboratory holds a sale in its retail store every Friday during the spring and fall semesters. The establishment also reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS. Specific products, bundle options, halves or quarters, delivery, shipping, and online ordering are 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.