Official Listing of Operations Included on the USDA Verified Operations Registry

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Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation

300 W. 1st Street N

Wichita, KS 67202

Contact: H. Glen Dolezal Jr., Ph.D.,

Assistant VP New Technology 

Applications

Phone: 316-291-2738

Email: Glen_Dolezal@cargill.com

USDA Tenderness Program – ASTM 

Standard F2925-11, Standard 

Specification for Tenderness Marketing 

Claims Associated with Meat Cuts 

Derived from Beef

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

For tenderness testing.

Verified by:

Livestock and Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division

Approval No: TE3127DDA

Effective Date: May 16, 2013

Harland M. Braun & Co.

4010 Whiteside Street

Los Angeles, CA 90063

Contact: Gene Beenders, VP of 

Operations

Phone: 323-263-9275

Email: Gene@braunexp.com

Leather and Hide Council of America 

(LHCA) Hide and Skin Traceability 

Program 

http://www.usleather.org/TraceabilityProgram

Type of Certification:

 Hide Processing House 

Certification

Livestock: Bovine (Beef) 

for hides

Location(s): Processing 

facility

 Harland M. Braun & Co.

4010 Whiteside St.

Los Angeles, CA

Verified by:

Livestock and Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division

Approval No: VO0058BGA

Effective Date: February 27, 2020

Twin City Hide, Inc.

105 Hardman Court

South St. Paul, MN 55075

Contact: Bradley Grove, VP Operations

Phone: 651-455-1511

Email: b.grove@tchide.com

Leather and Hide Council of America 

(LHCA) Hide and Skin Traceability 

Program 

http://www.usleather.org/TraceabilityProgram

Type of Certification:

 Hide Processing House 

Certification

Livestock: Bovine (Beef 

and Bison) for hides

Location(s): Processing 

facility

 Twin City Hide, Inc.

491 Malden Street

South St. Paul, MN

Verified by:

Livestock and Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division

Approval No: VO9255EEA

Effective Date: September 12, 2019
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Listing of Approved Locations for the USDA Fowl Meat 

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Coastal Processing

1670 Forstmann Road

Louisville, GA 30434

(P-6519B)

Contact: Grant Barry, QA Manager

Phone: 478-388-6039 ext. 206

Email: gbarry@coastalprocessing.com

 USDA Fowl Meat Verification 

Program

Livestock: Poultry (Fowl) Verified by:

Livestock and Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division

Approval No: FM1172WCA

Effective Date: June 22, 2021

Southern Hens

329 Moselle-Seminary Road

Moselle, Mississippi 39459

(P-17766 & P-45484)

Contact: Davis Vernon, FSQA Manager

Phone: 601-582-2262 ext. 139

Email: dvernon@southernhens.com

 USDA Fowl Meat Verification 

Program

Livestock: Poultry (Fowl) Verified by:

Livestock and Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division

Approval No: FMV4112MEL

Effective Date: September 08, 2014

Tip Top Poultry, Inc.

327 Wallace Road

Marietta, GA 30062

(P-1480)

Contact: Marc Temples, QA Manager

Phone: 770-655-0060

Email: marc.temples@tiptoppoultry.com

 USDA Fowl Meat Verification 

Program

Livestock: Poultry (Fowl) Verified by:

Livestock and Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division

Approval No: FMV4294JH

Effective Date: October 24, 2014

Tyson Foods

8564 Highway 71 South

Grannis, AR 71944

(P-27)

Contact: Josh Anderson, General 

Manager FSQA

Phone: 870-385-3324

Email: josh.anderson@tyson.com

 USDA Fowl Meat Verification 

Program

Livestock: Poultry (Fowl) Verified by:

Livestock and Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division

Approval No: FMV4149MEL

Effective Date: May 30, 2014