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Publication #AN203

USDA Inspected Livestock Slaughter Facilities in Florida1

Chad Carr, Larry Eubanks, and Ryan Dijkhuis2

Several livestock producers are trying to gain a greater portion of the available profit margin by becoming meat marketers, rather than just livestock marketers. Additionally, many Florida consumers aspire to buy locally raised products. The following is a comprehensive list of USDA inspected meat animal slaughter facilities in the State of Florida. Contact these processors help to meet the needs of potential niche marketers and or the most discriminating meat consumer.

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Table 1. 
# Establishment Name Contact Person Address Phone Number
1 B & J Meat Company Paul Lee Century (850) 256-2231
2 Esto Meat Processing Greg Masters Bonifay (850) 263-7777
3 Corbin 4-Point Packing Ronnie Stark Chipley (850) 638-1149
4 Dilmore Meats Wayne Dilmore Cottondale (850) 352-4407
5 Bradleys Country Store Jan Parker Tallahassee (850) 893-1647
6 Quality Halal Meats Aisha Ekbar Jasper (386) 792-7339
7 Nettles Sausage Inc. Billy Nettles Lake City (386) 752-2510
8 Mobleys Custom Cut Melissa Mobley Mc Alpin (386) 963-5215
9 Hopkins Meat Packing Inc. Roy Hopkins Sanford (407) 322-9291
10 Central Beef StateplaceInd. LLC Tommy Bryant Center Hill (352) 793-3671
11 Osteens Meat Service Roy Osteen Clermont (352) 394-6465
12 Ali International Inc. Mirza Ahmed Orlando (407) 277-9483
13 Florida Beef Inc. Clay Lee Zolfo Springs (863) 735-2233
14 Madson Inc. John Maderal Medley (305) 863-7390
15 Marys Ranch Rudy Cabrera Miami (305) 558-9624
Table 2. 
# Establishment Name

Slaughtera

Processingb

Publicc

 Species Harvested Comments
1 B & J Meat Company Yes No Yes Beef Pork Lamb Goat
2 Esto Meat Processing Yes

Some products

Yes

Beef Pork Lamb Goat Exotics

Skins hogs
3 Corbin 4-Point Packing Yes Yes Maybe Beef Pork Lamb Goat
4 Dilmore Meats Yes No Maybe Beef Pork
5 Bradleys Country Store Yes Yes No Pork Mostly hot boned sausage
6 Quality Halal Meats Yes No No Beef Lamb Goat Halal Slaughter
7 Nettles Sausage Yes Yes No Pork
8 Mobleys Custom Cut Yes No Yes Beef Pork Lamb Goat
9 Hopkins Meat Packing Yes Some products No Beef Pork Exotics Would slaughter Lamb Goat
10 Central Beef Yes Yes No Beef Non-fed Beef
11 Osteens Meat Service Yes Some products Yes Beef Pork
12 Ali International Yes No Yes Beef Lamb Goat Halal Slaughter

13

 Florida Beef Yes Yes No Beef Non-fed Beef

14

 Madson No- But could No Maybe Pork Goats

15

Marys Ranch

Yes

Yes

No

Beef Pork Lamb Goat

aDoes this facility slaughter under inspection?

bDoes this facility process under inspection?

cWould this facility slaughter for the public?

Footnotes

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This document is AN203, one of a series of the Animal Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date August 2008. Revised September 2008. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Chad Carr, Assistant Professor, Larry Eubanks, Coordinator of Research Programs; and Ryan Dijkhuis, Biological Scientist; Department of Animal Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, FL 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean.