Honest Meats, LLC

Honest Meats, LLC, doing business as T & E Meats and True & Essential Meats, is a federally inspected meat plant at 256 Charles Street in Harrisonburg, Virginia. FSIS lists the establishment under number M7420+V7420 with a grant of inspection date on file of July 29, 2021, and classifies it as Very Small. The listed phone number is (540) 434-4415.

The federal record shows both slaughter and processing activity, including voluntary slaughter and voluntary processing of meat. Species slaughtered under inspection are reported as cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it handles animals owned by the customer with packages marked Not for Sale. Its FSIS slaughter volume category is 2.0, a step above the smallest category of under 1,000 head per year.

The website recorded on file for this listing, honestcutmeats.com, describes Honest Cut Meats in Ellensburg, Washington, a separate business at a different address, so its hours, prices, and product claims are not attributed here. A SAM directory entry associated with Honest Meats LLC lists the website temeats.com, which matches the T & E Meats trade name in the federal record. Beyond the federal record, verified details about services, pricing, hours, and ownership are not yet on file.

The federal record shows this establishment slaughters cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb under inspection, and also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which the animal remains the property of the customer and the finished packages are marked Not for Sale. Inspected slaughter is the route a producer needs if the meat will be sold by the cut. Farmers should call (540) 434-4415 to confirm scheduling, lead times, cut and wrap options, minimums, and fees, since none of those details are on file here. No statement is made about whether the plant is currently accepting new work.

Honest Meats, 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.