Premium white meat is a multi-species, very small slaughter and processing plant located in the rural community of bloomfield, iowa

Premium White Meat LLC, located in Bloomfield, Iowa, received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The funding will support Premium White Meat's efforts to expand and upgrade its 4,000 square foot slaughter and meat processing facility to meet the infrastructure, equipment, food safety, and animal welfare requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act necessary to obtain a federal Grant of Inspection.

Specifically, the award will finance replacing the company's non-compliant cooler and freezer with new cold storage adding 458 square feet, contributing to an estimated annual production increase of nearly 375,000 pounds of beef and pork. The grant will also develop Premium White Meat's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points food safety plan, complete safety training for staff, and process product labels for approval. New knocking pens will be installed to allow double the animal throughput. Equipment upgrades to the grinder and stuffer aim to reduce processing time by 25% and waste by over 14,000 pounds during the grant period. The project is expected to generate $3 million in economic activity and create six new jobs.

We operate a 4,000 SQ. FT. Facility and offer custom-exempt slaughter and processing services. Year-over-year, we have increased processing capacity by 50 percent and have ambitious growth plans in the years ahead with the help of a federal grant of inspection.however, our current facility lacks the appropriate infrastructure and equipment to meet fsis requirements. This project proposes replacing our non-fsis compliant cooler and freezer with a new space that will add 458 SQ. FT. To our cold storage and contribute to a forecasted production increase of 374,400 pounds of beef and pork per year. Through this proposal, we also aim to develop our haccp plan, complete safety training, and see our product labels through the fsis approval process. To ensure humane, fsis-compliant handling, we also propose adding new knocking pens that will allow for double the animal throughput. To improve food safety and processing capacity needed from additional slaughter, we will upgrade our grinder and stuffer, which we project will reduce processing time by 25 percent and reduce product waste by as much as 14,040 pounds during the grant period. We expect this project to generate at least $3 million in economic activity during the grant period. This project will also result in 6 new jobs, a new market for 250 unique farmers, and will expand our sales footprint to 4 new states.