Osage Nation Butcher House Meats Receives Final USDA Grant of Inspection

Press Release
State and Tribal leaders tour Butcher House Meats.

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (January 24, 2023) – Osage Nation's Butcher House Meats received the final USDA Grant of Inspection on November 28, 2022. The final Grant of Inspection is groundbreaking for food sovereignty. 

“The Grant of Inspection is a permanent status of federally inspected meat allowing us to put USDA-inspected Osage Nation raised and processed beef into our programs, such as Elder Nutrition and Wahzhazhe Early Learning Academies (WELA)," said Assistant Plant Manager Ronald Gilley. "This will be the first time anyone has ever taken a meat supply chain from the ranch to the federal programs within a tribe.  We are taking our own cows through this federal inspection and are now able to use them to put food into our own programs.  In the event of a crisis like the COVID-19 shutdown, that the Osage Nation will be able to keep its programs supplied with beef and bison, one of the many important steps in reaching food sovereignty for the Osage Nation." 

Conditions for receiving this inspection, according to USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, include an application for inspection, the facilities meeting regulatory performance standards, implementing and maintaining the establishment sanitation plan, developing and implementing Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Plan and an application for label approval. 

Butcher House Meats successfully completed each condition to receive the final USDA Grant of Inspection, which is another massive step towards food sovereignty for Osage Nation. 

Butcher House Meats is located at 115 Eagle Ave. in Hominy, Okla. It is open to the public with the following hours: 

  • Monday: 9am-4pm
  • Tuesday-Friday: 9am-6pm
  • Saturday: 9am-12pm

For more information about ON Butcher House Meats, visit https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/services/department-natural-resources/butcher-house. 

Image: State and Tribal leaders tour Butcher House Meats. Butcher House Meats is Osage Nation’s Meat processing facility located at 115 Eagle Ave. in Hominy, Okla. (courtesy of Wahzhazhe Communications).

 

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