Custom Meat

Program Manager: Lucy Severs
Phone: (360) 902-1876 or Click here for more information

The WSDA Custom Meat Program licenses persons that slaughter or process uninspected meat food animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and swine for the sole consumption of the owner. The license categories are as follows:

• Custom Meat Facilities... are licensed facilities that process-uninspected meat or inspected meat for the sole consumption of the owner.
• Custom Farm Slaughterers... are mobile slaughter units licensed by WSDA to slaughter meat food animals for the owner. The slaughtering is done on the owner's farm or at an approved site.
• Custom Slaughter Establishment ...is a fixed slaughter facility licensed by WSDA to slaughter meat food animals for the owner.

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