Meat processing plants in North Carolina

North Carolina has 67 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Rose Hill, Kinston and Saint Pauls. That is 4% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and North Carolina ranks #8 of 46 states.

Product: Meat processing plants
Facilities: 67
State rank: #8
NAICS: 311611 and 3 related codes
Revised: November 1, 2026

Facilities in North Carolina

These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The 40 shown first are the ones with the most EPA program records, which usually means the larger sites.

Facility	City	What EPA lists
Smithfield Packing Company Incorporated - Tar Heel	Tar Heel	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Valley Proteins Inc - Fayetteville Facility	Fayetteville	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Darling Ingredients, Inc. - Rose Hill	Rose Hill	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
House Of Raeford Farms Inc Wallace Div	Wallace	Poultry Processing
Murphy-Brown, LLC - New Colony Mill	Creswell	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Tyson Farms, Inc.	Harmony	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Carolina Poultry Power Farmville	Farmville	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Case Farms, LLC - Shelby	Shelby	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Lewiston	Lewiston-Woodville (Bertie,nc)	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Kansas City Sausage Co, LLC DBA Coastal Protein	Godwin	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. - Wilson Division	Wilson	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Darling Ingredients, Inc. - Wadesboro	Wadesboro	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
House Of Raeford Farms, Inc	Rose Hill	Poultry Processing
Smithfield Clinton Plant	Clinton	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Smithfield/farmland Packaged Food Group Kinston	Kinston	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Tyson Foods	Wilkesboro	Poultry Processing
W&w-Afco Steel LLC	Colfax	Poultry Processing
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC (Kinston Production Div-Feed Mill)	Kinston	Poultry Processing
Perdue Farms Concord Processing Plant	Concord	Poultry Processing
Valley Proteins Inc Gastonia Facility	Gastonia	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Butterball LLC Of Mount Olive	Mount Olive	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Darling Ingredients – Lewiston Div	Lewiston	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Pilgrims Pride Corp Marshville Facility	Marshville	Poultry Processing
Tyson Foods Monroe Processing Plant	Monroe	Poultry Processing
City Of Claremont	Claremont	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Conagra Foods Inc.	Garner	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Darling Ingredients - Rose Hill Wwtp	Rose Hill	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Perdue Farms Inc - Rockingham	Rockingham	Poultry Processing
Perdue Nashville Feed Mill	Nashville	Poultry Processing
Tyson Farms Inc	Wilkesboro	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Wayne Farms - Dobson Poultry	Dobson	Poultry Processing
Wayne-Sanderson Farms - St. Pauls Wwtp	Saint Pauls	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Carolina Classics Catfish Incorporated	Greenville	Poultry Processing
Case Farms Of N C Incorporated	Morganton	Poultry Processing
Case Farms Of North Carolina	Dudley	Poultry Processing
Lewiston Mill	Lewiston Woodville	Poultry Processing
Mountaire Farms Inc Lumber Bridge	Lumber Bridge	Poultry Processing
Sanford Processing Plant	Sanford	Poultry Processing
Tyson Farms, Inc. - Monroe Processing, Feed Mill, & Hatchery	Monroe	Poultry Processing
American Skin Food Group, LLC	Burgaw	Meat Processed from Carcasses

Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.