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.