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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 to help meet the needs of potential niche marketers 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

 Bradley's 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

 Mobley's Custom Cut

Melissa Mobley

Mc Alpin

(386) 963-5215

9

University of Florida

Byron Davis

Gainesville

(352) 392-1921
10

South Marion Meats

Gary Armoogan

Summerfield

(352) 245-2096
11

Hopkins Meat Packing Inc.

Roy Hopkins

 Sanford

(407) 322-9291
12 Central Beef Ind. LLC

Tommy Bryant

Center Hill

(352) 793-3671
13 Osteen's Meat Service Roy Osteen

Clermont

(386) 752-2510
14

Ali International Inc.

Mirza Ahmed

 Orlando

(407) 277-9483
15 Lee's Fresh Pork Inc.

Clay Lee

Wimauma

(813) 634-0641
16

Palmetto Creek Farms LLC

Jim Wood

Avon Park

(863) 449-0006
17

Florida Beef Inc.

Clay Lee

Zolfo Springs

(863) 735-2233
18 Mary's Ranch

Rudy Cabrera

 Miami

(305) 558-9624
Table 2. 

#

Establishment Name

Slaughter

Processing

Species Harvested

Comments

1

B & J Meat Company

Yes

No

Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat

  

2

Esto Meat Processing

Yes

Some

Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat, Exotics

Hogs are skinned

3

Corbin 4-Point Packing

Yes

Yes

Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat

  

4

Dilmore Meats

Yes

No

Beef, Pork

  

5

 Bradley's Country Store

Yes

Yes

Pork

Mostly hot boned sausage

6

Quality Halal Meats

Yes

No

Beef, Lamb, Goat

Halal slaughter

7

Nettles Sausage

Yes

Yes

Pork

Commercial slaughter & further processing

8

 Mobley's Custom Cut

Yes

No

Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat

  

9

University of Florida

Yes

Yes

Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat

Only state-owned livestock
10

South Marion Meats

Yes

Yes

Beef (Pork, Lamb, Goat—Custom only)

Only beef slaughter & processed under inspection
11

Hopkins Meat Packing

Yes

Some

Beef, Pork, Exotics

(Lamb, goat—Custom only)
12

Central Beef

Yes

Yes

Beef

Commercial nonfed beef
13 Osteen's Meat Service

Yes

Some

Beef, Pork

  
14

Ali International

Yes

No

Beef, Lamb, Goat

Halal slaughter
15 Lee's Fresh Pork Inc

Yes

Yes

Pork

Commercial light wt. mkt. hogs
16

Palmetto Creek Farms LLC

Yes

Yes

Pork

Hereford pork
17

Florida Beef

Yes

Yes

Beef

 Commercial nonfed beef
18

Mary's Ranch

Yes

Yes

Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat

  

Footnotes

1.

This document is AN203, one of a series of the Animal Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date August 2008. Revised September 2008 and May 2010. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

2.

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. Nick T. Place, Dean.