Clarion locker is owned and operated by first-generation south african immigrants

Clarion Locker, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant funds will support improvements to Clarion Locker's 8,600 square foot slaughter and processing facility in Clarion, Iowa to help the company meet requirements for obtaining federal inspection status and increase production capacity. Specifically, the company will replace an aging smokehouse with a new model that can smoke 800 pounds of meat in half the time while digitally logging temperatures. An automatic brine injector for hams is also being acquired to reduce brine waste by 100% and boost ham processing capacity by 21,600 units during the grant period. Two new refrigerated rooms are adding much needed temperature-controlled storage space and expected to decrease trim waste by up to $34,560 worth over the life of the award ending September 2024. These upgrades aim to double Clarion Locker's throughput while achieving compliance with federal temperature standards for meat processing.

We operate a 8,600 SQ. FT. Slaughter and processing facility that we plan to make enlist in the cooperative interstate shipment program. We offer state-inspected and custom-processing services. Our project is a series of improvements that will help US become an fsis inspection-ready team and facility while also boosting our capacity to harvest and process.fsis readiness involves replacing our 50-year-old smokehouse with a new model. This will help uphold fsis temperature requirements through digitally logged temperatures and increased reliability. IT will also smoke 800 pounds in half the time our existing unit takes to smoke 400 pounds.to optimize labor productivity, we will also acquire an automatic-brine injector for hams that will reduce brine waste by 100 percent and increase capacity by - 21,600 hams during the grant period. The addition of two refrigerated rooms will boost clarion locker's capacity to maintain fsis temperature compliance as we strive to double our throughput. The refrigerated rooms decrease trim weight waste by up to 34,560 pounds during the grant period.