Meat processing plants in Tennessee

Tennessee has 24 meat processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing. The most are in Union City, Chattanooga and Goodlettsville. That is 2% of the 1,589 such facilities nationwide, and Tennessee ranks #22 of 46 states.

Product: Meat processing plants
Facilities: 24
State rank: #22
NAICS: 311611 and 3 related codes
Revised: November 1, 2026

Facilities in Tennessee

These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for meat and poultry slaughtering and processing.

Facility	City	What EPA lists
Tyson Foods Inc - Processing	Shelbyville	Poultry Processing
Tyson Farms, Inc.	Union City	Poultry Processing
Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.	Goodlettsville	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Darling Ingredients Inc. (Fka Valley Protein Fka Cbp Resources Inc)	Strawberry Plains	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Five Star Custom Foods	Nashville	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Griffin Industries LLC	Union City	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Tyson Feedmill Estill Springs	Estill Springs	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Campos Foods LLC	Caryville	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Koch Foods Of Morristown (Processing Plant)	Morristown	Poultry Processing
Swaggerty Sausage Co., Inc. DBA Swaggerty's Farm	Kodak	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Byron's Bar-B-Q Aka Rich's Foods	Gallatin	Meat Processed from Carcasses
Family Brands International, LLC	Lenoir	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Perdue Foods LLC - Monterey Processing Plant	Monterey	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Sara Lee Corp Newbern Tn	Newbern	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Tyson Farms, Inc. Humboldt Poultry Processing	Humboldt	Poultry Processing
Wampler's Farm Sausage Company, Inc.	Lenoir City	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Bht Resources - Nashville Division	Goodlettsville	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Empire Packing, LLC (Formally Ledbetter Foods)	Memphis	Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Koch Foods - Chattanooga	Chattanooga	Poultry Processing
Koch Foods LLC DBA Morristown Deboning	Morristown	Poultry Processing
Mcredmond Brothers	Nashville	Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
Pilgrim's Pride - Chattanooga Further Processing	Chattanooga	Poultry Processing
Pilgrim's Pride - Chattanooga Poultry Processing	Chattanooga	Poultry Processing
Williams Country Sausage	Union City	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.