VSU's Small Ruminant Mobile Meat Processing Lab

VSU's Small Ruminant Mobile Meat Processing Lab is a very small USDA-inspected establishment at 4415 River Road in Petersburg, Virginia, in Chesterfield County. It carries establishment number M46728, with a related listing under M46728C, and holds a federal grant of inspection dated March 18, 2022. The establishment reports both Meat Slaughter and Meat Processing activities to FSIS. Species detail is not reported in the federal record.

The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning it can process animals that remain the property of the customer, with the resulting packages marked Not for Sale. A telephone number of (804) 524-6963 appears in the FSIS listing. Secondary directory text describes the lab as a program connected to Virginia State University that supports research and education around small ruminant and mixed livestock work.

No website is on file for this establishment, and no hours, pricing, cut and wrap options, booking practices, or retail sales information could be verified. Details beyond the federal record are not yet on file.

The federal record lists both slaughter and processing activities, and the establishment reports custom-exempt slaughter, so animals owned by a farmer or household can be processed with the packages marked Not for Sale. The FSIS listing shows a telephone number of (804) 524-6963. Scheduling practices, species accepted, lot minimums, fees, cut and wrap choices, and whether the mobile unit travels to farms are not stated in the sources on file. Because the lab is described in secondary directory text as a program connected to Virginia State University supporting research and education, farmers should confirm directly whether outside work is taken and under what terms.

VSU's Small Ruminant Mobile Meat Processing Lab 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.