Your Perdue Farms Order

We continue to work hard to get orders processed, packed and shipped out to you as quickly as possible while making the health and safety of our employees a priority.

• Current shipping status: Normal (1-3 business days)
• When your order ships, we will send you an email that includes tracking information.
• Our Check Order tool is a handy way to keep tabs on the status of your order.

COVID-19 and Food Safety

COVID-19 is NOT considered to be a food-borne pathogen. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 is most commonly spread between those who are in close contact with each other, and through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It may also be possible for a person to contract COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching his or her own mouth, nose or possibly eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. We have strict biosecurity protocols throughout our farms and entire supply chain, including proven sanitation methods which minimize the risk of contaminated surfaces.

You can rest assured that we are taking every precaution to protect our associates, communities, customers and business partners, and ensure the continuity of our business.

Further, all of our animals are born/hatched, raised, harvested and processed in the U.S. As with most large businesses, we source some (non-food) elements of our supply chain from countries outside the U.S. We are closely monitoring affected areas and reiterating our biosecurity policy to help minimize the potential to transport possibly contaminated surfaces.

How We’re Supporting Perdue Farms Associates Who Process Your Food

Beginning in early March 2020, Perdue Farms took the following steps to create additional layers of safety for our associates:

• We increased our stringent cleaning and sanitation protocols.
• Where social distancing isn’t possible in our production facilities, dividers between our associates on production lines have been installed. The design of these partitions is such that they can be easily customized and installed in many different applications throughout our production facilities where needed. The stainless elements are welded versus bolted to minimize potential pathogen harborage points. Made using either plexiglass or stretched trash bags, the dividers will be cleaned or replaced, respectively, between every shift.
• Utilizing infrared non-contact temperature devices, everyone entering a production facility must have their temperature taken each day by trained testers. Anyone with a temperature at or above applicable health department guidelines will be directed to that facility’s onsite Wellness Center*, which is always available free of charge to our associates, for further screening and instruction.
• A disposable mask program is in place at all production facilities.
• We have extended the hours of many of our onsite Wellness Centers for the foreseeable future, which are staffed with local healthcare providers and are available to all associates and their families free of charge.
• Associates are encouraged to stay home if they are not feeling well or think they might have been exposed to the virus.

*Our Wellness Centers (one located at almost every major facility) serve as on-site doctor's offices. Associates (and their eligible dependents) can schedule appointments during their shifts, which means they still get paid for that time, and associates participating in our insurance program pay nothing.

Answers to Your Top COVID-19 Questions

I heard the rumor about animals, specifically, chicken spreading COVID-19 in India. Are your products safe to eat?

COVID-19 is not considered to be a food-borne pathogen. Per the CDC, COVID-19 is most commonly spread between those who are in close contact with each other, and through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It may also be possible for a person to contract COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching his or her own mouth, nose or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. We have strict biosecurity protocols throughout our farms and entire supply chain, including proven sanitation methods, which minimize the risk of contaminated surfaces.

Are any of your products from – or processed in – any area affected by coronavirus?

All of our products are hatched/born, harvested and processed in the U.S. We are closely monitoring affected areas and implementing our biosecurity policy to minimize contaminated surfaces. We are taking every precaution to protect our associates, communities, customers and business partners, and ensure the continuity of our business.

Will any of Perdue Farms' operations be closed if coronavirus is identified within a defined proximity?

We are focused on the health and safety of our associates, communities, customers and business partners, as well as ensuring the continuity of our supply chain. If COVID-19 occurs within a certain proximity to any of our operations, we will evaluate the risk with respect to these priorities. The safety of our people is paramount, and we have redundancies built into our supply chain to accommodate for unplanned fluctuations in production and/or operations.

Do you import anything from areas affected by this virus?

All of our animals are born/hatched, raised, harvested and processed in the U.S. As with most large businesses, we source some (non-food) elements of our supply chain from countries outside the U.S. We are closely monitoring affected areas and reiterating our biosecurity policy to help minimize the potential to transport possibly contaminated surfaces. We are taking every precaution to protect our associates, communities, customers and business partners, and ensure the continuity of our business.

How do I know the products aren’t getting contaminated in your plants from something outside brought in? What are your food safety protocols?

We have the highest standards of biosecurity and food safety, and fully sanitize our facilities every 24 hours. We are closely monitoring affected areas and reiterating our biosecurity policy to help minimize the potential to transport possibly contaminated surfaces. The staff at the onsite Wellness Centers at 19 of our facilities are trained on how to protect our associates from, and identify and respond to, symptoms of COVID-19. These professionals follow standard operating procedures as defined by the CDC for infectious diseases. The Wellness Centers are available to all associates and their families. We are taking every precaution to protect our associates, communities, customers and business partners, and ensure the continuity of our business.

Do you expect the prices of your products to rise because of coronavirus?

Not at this time. We have built redundancies into our supply chain to ensure the continuity of our business to minimize any potential disruption.