Ranchers Pride Meats

Ranchers Pride Meats, doing business as Ranchers Pride Halal Meats, is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 5054 Design Avenue in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. FSIS lists the address as Zullinger, PA 17272, while the company website gives the same street address as Waynesboro, PA 17268. The plant operates under establishment number M40336 with a grant of inspection dated August 2, 2021, and is listed for both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing. Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, are cattle and sheep and lamb. The establishment reports halal slaughter, kosher slaughter, and custom-exempt slaughter of animals owned by the customer, with product packaged and marked Not for Sale. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 2.0, above the smallest tier of under 1,000 head per year.

The website describes a family-run business that has specialized in providing halal meat to the Washington, DC metro area for the past 20 years, supplying restaurants and grocery stores. It states that the company owns and operates the USDA-certified slaughterhouse in Pennsylvania along with a 29-acre farm in Clarksburg, Maryland. The site names Houshang Haji Momenian as owner. Contact numbers differ between sources: FSIS lists (717) 749-5553, while the website lists 301-910-2240 and 202-957-0802, along with an email address.

A recurring focus of the website is Eid al-Adha service, with on-site slaughtering of lamb and goat for the holiday and customers invited to attend as families. The Eid text on file refers to 2021 dates and notes that all services were temporarily moved to the Design Avenue location. The website mentions goat, which does not appear in the species list reported to FSIS. Retail hours, pricing, cut and wrap details, and current booking practices are not stated in the sources on file.

The establishment reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, meaning it processes animals owned by the customer with product packaged and marked Not for Sale, alongside its federally inspected slaughter of cattle and sheep and lamb. Booking procedures, lead times, minimums, kill day scheduling, hanging weight pricing, and cut and wrap fees are not stated in the sources on file. The website directs inquiries to phone or email; FSIS lists (717) 749-5553 while the website lists 301-910-2240 and 202-957-0802. Note the address discrepancy: FSIS records the plant in Zullinger, PA 17272, and the website gives the same street address as Waynesboro, PA 17268.

Ranchers Pride Meats 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.

The website states the business provides halal meat to restaurants, grocery stores, and families in the Washington, DC metro area, and that it conducts on-site slaughter of lamb and goat for Eid al-Adha, with customers welcome to attend as a family. It does not describe a retail storefront, halves or quarters, bundles, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. Households should contact the establishment directly to confirm what is available, since no retail terms or prices are 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.