Meat & Seafood Processor Lookup
Search by parent company, consumer brand, or USDA EST. number to trace the corporate ownership, processing facilities, and public enforcement record behind any major meat or seafood product. Parent company coverage is limited to large and mid-size processors with significant U.S. market presence; smaller regional and independent operators are not yet included. For meat and poultry products and catfish, the EST. number on the label identifies the USDA-inspected facility.
For most other seafood — tuna, salmon, shrimp, cod, shellfish — those products are regulated by the FDA, do not carry a USDA EST number, and therefore can only be searched here by parent company or brand name. This lookup covers who owns the major seafood brands and companies. For FDA enforcement actions against individual seafood processors and importers — warning letters, injunctions, and import alerts, including many smaller and foreign operators not covered here — see the separate FAT FDA Seafood Enforcement Lookup. The two pages answer different questions: this one covers corporate ownership and FSIS plant records for large and mid-size processors; the FDA seafood page covers the regulatory enforcement record for processors of all sizes — large, small, and foreign.
What each search type returns is described in the three panels immediately below.
The full list of FSIS-inspected processing facilities operated by that company or its subsidiaries, with establishment number, city, state, and activity type for each plant — drawn live from the FAT database, which tracks over 12,000 federally inspected establishments updated monthly from USDA FSIS. Each facility links to FAT's individual inspection record, showing the plant's complete recall and enforcement history since 1994, every DBA name the facility has operated under, and species and processing activity data. The expanded card also shows the company's consumer brands, operating divisions, revenue, and links to FAT's sector enforcement maps and economic concentration research for beef, pork, poultry, and seafood.
This tool traces the corporate structure behind meat and seafood products — from the brand name on the package to the parent company that owns it, the processing facility where it was made, and the public enforcement record attached to that company. Use it to look up who owns a brand, which company controls a processing plant, or what antitrust, food safety, and environmental enforcement data exists for a major processor. Select a search mode above and type to begin.
What this lookup covers
▲ Ownership structure
Which parent company controls the facility or brand, which operating divisions they run, and the full corporate chain behind the product.
◆ Associated brands
Every consumer brand connected to a parent company or plant, so you can trace a label back through the corporate structure.
― Economic concentration
Market share data, antitrust enforcement actions (DOJ / FTC), and concentration metrics for the relevant protein sector. Linked to FAT research series.
⚑ FSIS enforcement
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service enforcement actions, recalls, and compliance history for facilities and their parent companies.
◀ Environmental compliance
EPA and state-level water and air violations — discharge permits, Clean Water Act enforcement, Clean Air Act actions — associated with company facilities.