Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery

Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery, listed with FSIS as doing business as Bryant Family Farms, operates at 1933 Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison, Dane County. The establishment holds meat, poultry, and voluntary inspection numbers M48465, P48465, and V48465, with a grant of inspection dated August 27, 2021. FSIS classifies it as a very small establishment.

The federal record lists meat slaughter, meat processing, poultry slaughter, poultry processing, and voluntary slaughter of both meat and poultry. Species slaughtered under inspection are reported as cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and poultry. Slaughter volume falls in the lowest FSIS category, under 1,000 head per year. No custom-exempt activity is reported, and the establishment reports retail-exempt sales.

Search results identify Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery as a program within the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. No website is on file for the establishment, and details beyond the federal record, including hours, pricing, booking practices, and product lists, are not yet on file.

The federal record shows slaughter under inspection for cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and poultry, at a reported volume of under 1,000 head per year. No custom-exempt slaughter or processing is reported to FSIS, so animals handled here would fall under federal inspection rather than a custom-exempt arrangement. Booking procedures, scheduling lead times, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap options are not stated in any source on file. Farmers should contact the establishment at (608) 262-0555 to confirm what work, if any, is being accepted, as listed.

Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery 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.

The establishment reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which indicates some direct sales activity, but no source on file describes a retail counter, hours, bundles, halves or quarters, online ordering, delivery, or shipping. Households should call (608) 262-0555 to confirm what is available.

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.