Waterloo Poultry Processing LLC

Waterloo Poultry Processing LLC, formerly operating as Twin Cities Pack, is a very small USDA-inspected poultry establishment at 5607 E. County Hwy J in Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin. FSIS lists it under establishment numbers M45459, P45459 and V45459, with activities covering poultry slaughter, poultry processing, poultry identification, and voluntary slaughter and processing of poultry. The grant of inspection date on file is May 13, 2020. The plant reports poultry as the species slaughtered under inspection and falls in FSIS slaughter volume category 3.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS.

According to its website, the business offers custom processing for chicken, turkey and pheasant, and states that USDA inspectors hand inspect every bird, which allows customers to sell outside Wisconsin. The site also describes a certified organic facility using certified organic methods, custom labeling and cutting, and full custom deboning, grinding and cutting work for wholesale accounts. The site describes itself as for farmers by farmers.

Drop-off hours are listed as Monday through Friday, 6 am to 7:30 am. Contact is by phone at (608) 676-4428 or email at office@twincitiespacking.com. Note that FSIS records no custom-exempt activity, while the website describes its work as custom processing under USDA inspection.

The website sets a tiered booking calendar: January 15 to January 29 for producers planning 750 or more birds annually, January 30 to February 12 for 200 to 749 birds, February 13 to February 26 for 50 to 199 birds, and February 27 onward the book is open for all appointments regardless of quantity. Requests must be emailed to office@twincitiespacking.com with dates and numbers, and emails or calls received before the designated window are stated as not bookable. Cutting and further processing requests must be scheduled at the time numbers are booked, and services are not guaranteed if not booked in advance. Listed chicken slaughter fees run from a flat $66.72 for batches under 10 birds down to $5.21 per bird at 400 or more; turkey fees run from $17.04 per bird for 1 to 14 down to $12.38 per bird at 126 or more. Extras listed include certified organic processing at $1.59 per bird, $2.12 per bird for chickens over 8 lbs, $4 per bird for turkeys over 25 lbs, condemned fees of $3.98 per chicken and $7.69 per turkey as determined by the USDA inspector, a $2.12 full crop penalty, $10 crate fee, 3 percent credit card fee, $25 bounced check fee and a one-time $65 private label set-up. Short-delivery or late-cancellation penalties apply if less than 75 percent of scheduled birds arrive without two weeks notice. Value-added options are capped per day and filled first come, first served. Drop-off hours as listed are Monday through Friday, 6 am to 7:30 am.

Waterloo Poultry Processing LLC 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.