Freedom Sausage, Inc.
USDA FSIS establishment M1996+P8242+V1996, Earlville, Illinois
- Freedom Sausage, Inc. is USDA FSIS establishment M1996+P8242+V1996 (M1996 (meat grant), P8242 (poultry grant), V1996 (voluntary inspection grant)) in Earlville, Illinois, per the FSIS Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory as of .
- FSIS size class: Very Small (fewer than 10 employees or under $2.5 million in annual sales).
- Inspection activities under its grant: meat processing, meat slaughter, poultry processing, poultry slaughter, voluntary (fee-based) meat processing, voluntary (fee-based) livestock slaughter.
- Most recent grant of inspection: .
- 1 FSIS recall notice or public health alert since 2014 name this establishment by number (M1996+P8242+V1996) in the notice text; the most recent was posted .
- Establishment
- M1996+P8242+V1996
- Address
- 4155 E. 1650th Rd., Earlville, IL 60518
- Phone
- (815) 792-8276
- County
- LaSalle County (FIPS 17099)
- FSIS district / circuit
- 50 / 5005
- DUNS
- 021160445
- Map
- 41.536669, -88.84659803
- Directory listing date
What this plant does
- Active grants of inspection: meat, poultry, voluntary inspection.
- Slaughters: steers, heifers, market hogs, goats, lambs, deer and reindeer, elk, ostriches.
- Processing categories: raw intact products; raw non-intact products (ground, injected, or tenderized).
- Species and products processed: beef, pork, chicken, turkey.
- Exempt operations also recorded here (outside the federal mark of inspection): custom-exempt livestock slaughter, custom-exempt meat processing, retail-exempt meat operations, custom-exempt poultry slaughter, custom-exempt poultry processing, retail-exempt poultry operations.
- FSIS volume codes: processing volume category 3, slaughter volume category 1 (FSIS's own 1 to 5 scale; the directory does not publish the pound thresholds).
From FSIS's establishment demographic file; the slaughter and processing flags reflect activity recorded within the past 360 days, so they can differ from the current grant activities above.
FSIS recalls and public health alerts naming this establishment
| Posted | Class | Notice | Reason | Official |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health Alert | FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Beef and Pork Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection | Produced Without Benefit of Inspection | FSIS notice |
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Source: USDA FSIS Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory (directory as of ) and the FSIS recall API. Contact FSIS, not this site, to correct a listing.