The planned construction will double the processing area of our plant

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $200,000 Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding project grant to Carters Custom Cuts in Thatcher, Arizona. The grant will support planned construction to double the processing area of Carters Custom Cuts meat processing plant. This expansion will allow the company to hire three additional employees and acquire sufficient facility space to meet USDA inspector office requirements to obtain USDA inspection status for the plant. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program aims to assist meat and poultry slaughter and processing facilities with costs associated with improvements and planning activities necessary to obtain a Federal "Grant of Inspection." The award to Carters Custom Cuts will support construction to expand plant capacity and meet USDA office space standards to qualify for inspection status, consistent with the program's objectives.

This expansion will allow US to hire three additional employees. The project would acquire sufficient facility to provide mandated appropriate USDA inspectors office space, hence allowing our facility to obtain USDA inspection status.