# How to read a USDA establishment record

> Establishment numbers, activities, the FSIS size class, and the 360-day lookback.

## How to read these records

### The establishment number

M is a meat establishment, P a poultry establishment, G an egg product plant. A plant with several grants carries
several numbers, written together (M123+P123). It is the number inside the round USDA mark on a package.

### Size class

FSIS's own definition: large, 500 or more employees; small, 10 or more but fewer than 500; very small, fewer than
10 employees or annual sales under $2.5 million. FSIS notes that this class does not correlate highly with
production volume.

### Activities, slaughter and processing

“Approved activities” is what the grant of inspection covers today. “Slaughter” and “processing in the last 360
days” come from the FSIS supplement and look back a year: a plant can be approved for an activity it did not carry
out, and the reverse during a change.

### What is not here

Phone numbers and DUNS numbers (in the FSIS file, not read here), recalls, inspection results, and inactive
establishments.

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Página: https://usda-meat-poultry-plant-records.pages.dev/how-to-read/
Fonte: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/establishments/meat-poultry-and-egg-product-inspection-directory
Recolha: 2026-09-28