packing company type private industry food processing founded 1992 headquarters kansas city missouri key people tim klein president & ceo products beef revenue 7.5 billion number of employees 9 000 represented across all operations website nationalbeef.com national beef packing company llc is a beef processor headquartered in kansas city missouri that produces fresh chilled and further processed beef and beef by products for customers worldwide . the company s main focuses include branded box beef case ready beef portion control beef and wet blue leather . 1 contents 1 history 2 sales & operations 3 products 3.1 boxed beef 3.2 case ready 3.3 branded box beef 3.4 portion control beef 3.5 wet blue leather 4 food safety 5 philanthropy & community involvement 6 controversies 7 recalls 8 references history edit 1992 senior management team and farmland industries purchased dodge city location . 2 1993 national beef purchased the liberal location and renamed it farmland national beef llc . 3 1997 u.s. premium beef ltd purchased a minority interest in national beef . the company became jointly owned by farmland industries and u.s. premium beef ltd. national beef purchased a majority interest in the kansas city steak company . 4 2001 national beef begins case ready production at the hummels wharf pennsylvania and moultrie georgia plants . 3 2003 national beef packing co. llc formed after u.s. premium beef ltd purchased a majority interest along with a management group and beef products inc. as minority investors . national beef becomes the fourth largest u.s. beef processor . 5 2006 national beef acquired brawley beef llc in brawley california . the brawley plant was built in 2001 and could process more than 400 000 cattle per year . national beef stated the purchase would allow them to create new relationships with producers and expand their presence in the western u.s. 6 2009 national beef acquired the prime tanning facility in st. joseph missouri to form national beef leathers llc . after the acquisition the company said it would allow them to add significant value to the hides produced in their beef processing facilities . 7 2011 leucadia national corporation purchased a majority stake in national beef packing company . 8 2014 brawley plant closed . 9 sales & operations edit national beef is the nation s fourth largest beef processor with sales exceeding 7 billion annually . 10 national beef products are available to national and regional retailers including supermarket chains independent grocers club stores wholesalers and distributors foodservice providers and distributors further processors and the u.s. military . 11 u.s. operations include liberal dodge city 12 and kansas city kansas ; hummels wharf pennsylvania ; moultrie georgia and st. joseph missouri ; with corporate headquarters in kansas city missouri . 13 products edit boxed beef edit national beef is a processor and supplier of fresh chilled and further processed beef for customers worldwide . beef processing facilities are located in liberal and dodge city kansas . 3 case ready edit pre trimmed product is sourced from beef processing facilities in liberal and dodge city kansas and then shipped to case ready facilities in hummels wharf pennsylvanisa and moultrie georgia where overwrap and vacuum sealed packaging are used on a variety of cuts for retail channels . 10 branded box beef edit national beef has a variety of programs for a variety of beef needs including natural angus brands and specialty brands such as black canyon angus beef naturesource natural beef naturewell natural beef imperial valley premium reserve and vintage natural beef . 3 portion control beef edit national beef owns kansas city steak company that sells portioned beef to the foodservice and retail channels as well as to consumers through the internet and direct mail . 14 wet blue leather edit national beef operates the largest wet blue tannery in the world . 2 wet blue tanning refers to the first step in processing raw and brine cured hides into tanned leather . from this facility in st. joseph missouri national beef provides processed hides to finished leather processors worldwide for use in the automotive luxury goods apparel and furniture industries . food safety edit national beef uses the biologic food safety system a fully integrated system that includes training employees interventions a zone system and control and assessment functions . 3 the company has also adopted the global food safety initiative gfsi audit criteria a set of international food safety and quality standards . national beef achieved accreditation through third party auditing by the british retail consortium brc . 3 philanthropy & community involvement edit national beef has donated or supported organizations in the communities where their business resides . they are a community partner to lyric opera of kansas city 15 a donor to kansas children s service league 16 and a 2014 sponsor of the tragedy assistance program for survivors taps an organization that provides peer based emotional support grief and trauma resources to those who have been affected by a death in the armed forces . 17 the company also supported military troops by sponsoring food for a saluting our troops event in dodge city kansas . 18 national beef and its employees participate in united way campaigns in both seward county kansas and moultrie georgia through donations and food sponsorships . 19 20 21 controversies edit between the years of 1991 and 1994 several accidental and unrelated employee deaths occurred . the company faced legal prosecution and the cases were resolved in settlements . 22 23 24 recalls edit in june 2013 the company recalled nearly 23 000 pounds of ground beef for a possible e. coli contamination . on august 1 2013 the company recalled 50 000 pounds of ground beef products because of possible e. coli contamination . 25 all recalls were voluntary and no illnesses were reported . 26 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