OWB PACKERS STRIVES TO CREATE THE MOST HUMANE
ATMOSPHERE FOR CATTLE PROCESSING

The processing plant in Brawley, CA was built in 2001 by various cattle feeders of the Imperial Valley. The 337,000 square foot structure was the first beef processing facility built from the ground up in 20 years within the United States. Our plant is uniquely designed among other beef plants, implementing state-of-the-art features and recruiting the design assistance of Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the forthright thinkers on the humane treatment of animals. OWB Packers uses custom cattle pens designed for animal comfort and safety. After expansions were completed in 2006, the plant has the capacity to process upwards of 2,300 animals per day.

OWB Packers operates the plant in a unique way, training our team of employees to do both the harvest and fabrication processes. We are utilizing the extra space in this facility to create custom cuts and specifications for a diverse and growing customer base.

Our innovative approach and view of the future warranted a new approach.  At OWB Packers we are unique in that a toll-processing agreement is utilized to accommodate customers whether they process thirty head a week or over a thousand head a day.  This model has created demand from ranchers as far as Texas and Washington. OWB Packers customers have options to choose specific processing techniques based on their preference (half carcass, minimally fabricated, retail-ready for export markets).

OWB Packers utilizes its partnership with One World Beef to market and sell brands produced at the facility in the United States and globally through OWB Packers export verification program.  This relationship has demonstrated to be beneficial for toll-processing customers who seek additional support or distribution partner in moving identified inventory items.

MASTER CRAFTING MEAT

Program Support

• Export verification program with full documentation
  
• Halal available upon request
  
• Certified organic
• Ability to organize cattle by natural, organic, and conventional
• Ability to process multiple classifications including: cattle over certain months of age, heavy cattle, cows
• Customized packaging and labeling for domestic and international distribution programs

Fabrication Capabilities

• USDA camera grading technology with 99.9% accuracy
  
• Food safety interventions at multiple intervals
• Multi-level high voltage electric stimulator and high thermal pasteurization chamber
  
• Primal and sub-primal cuts available
  
• Specialty offal room (red and white offal)
• Cryovac room with instant chill baths
  
• 48 hour carcass chill
• Capacity to spray chill, dry hang
• Blast freezing

Value-Added

• Dual line ground beef operation(chub and brick formats)
  
  • In-process frozen trim inclusion line material and finished product metal detection
    
  • Throughput of 15,000 pounds per hour(single line, chub)
    
  • Glycol chiller application
    
• Marel portion cutter with integrated weighing scale
• Individually-packaged (IP) Cryovac options
• Scandivac and Multivac packaging options
• Roll-stock packing
  

OUR CUSTOMERS INCLUDE

"With a team that has grown to over 800 strong in four years, Eric Brandt has created a family of employees that work together to produce high-quality craft beef to meet a diverse set of customer needs.”