USDA facility traceability
Plant finder
Enter the establishment code printed on a meat, poultry, or egg product—or search by company and location—to find the facility information published by USDA FSIS.
Reading a food label
What is a plant code?
A plant or establishment code identifies the facility connected to a USDA-inspected or USDA-graded product. It supports traceability and is not necessarily the same company as the brand printed on the package.
P- or PPoultry establishments—and, on USDA-graded shell egg cartons, the grading and packing facility.
EST. or MFederally inspected meat establishments.
GOfficial egg-products inspection plants.
Shell egg note: Carton codes such as P-1332 are administered through USDA AMS voluntary shell egg grading. They may not appear in the FSIS establishment API. Open the official AMS shell egg guidance and plant directory ↗