USDA Meat and Poultry Inspection Mark – FREE Vector Graphic Download



The Raw and Processed Meat and Poultry Inspection Marks, Icons and Labels That The USDA Forgot to Provide

USDA FSIS EST and Poultry Icons

The USDA doesn’t provide edible vector files for their Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) marks. Really, no lie. I had several clients who needed them so I made my own. Now you can enjoy them too. These are Illustrator editable files so you’ll need Adobe Illustrator to change the EST and P numbers.

Download the Free Editable Vector USDA (FSIS) EST Inspection Mark Icon for Processed Meat

On the EST icon/bug inspection mark on processed products, you just need to swap out the EST. (processing plant) number.

Download the Free Editable Vector USDA (FSIS) Inspection P Mark Icon for Poultry

On the inspection mark on poultry just swap the P number (poultry) number for your product.

The fonts are Akzindenz-Grotesk BQ.

And if you need someone to design your product package, email me or call 831-566-3046 to get started.

File Under: Raw Meat Inspected and Passed Label, Raw Poultry Inspected and Passed Label, FSIS Meat and Poultry Bugs, USDA Meat Inspection Marks, USDA Poultry Inspection Mark

 

30 comments


  • This blog is awesome! Thanks Clay

    March 17, 2012
  • thank you so much!!! Your willingness to share is much appreciated.

    cindy

    May 1, 2012
  • Stefan

    OMG, this is of huge help! Thank you so much. Why can’t the USDA get it together?

    December 21, 2012
    • Clay Butler

      I’m secretly hoping they steal this file and post in on their website. It’s funny when these big government agencies can’t even do something so simple as providing the official file for their official symbol.

      December 24, 2012
  • Thanks sooo much. I can’t believe USDA website doesnt have them.

    June 28, 2013
  • Ellen Freedman

    This is fabulous! Thank you.

    February 5, 2015
  • Thanks. I saved the PDF, converted it to Microsoft Word and was able to make adjustments.

    Thanks, Tom

    March 30, 2015
    • Clay Butler

      Who knew? Well, I learn something new everyday.

      April 16, 2015
  • You’re a live saver! Thank you!

    July 16, 2015
    • Clay Butler

      You’re welcome.

      July 23, 2015
  • Jub

    Huge ‘THANK YOU!’

    February 16, 2016
  • C

    I cannot get this to import into my label machine on my computer. I don’t understand what I am doing wrong.

    July 12, 2016
    • Clay Butler

      You may be doing nothing wrong. Perhaps the file is not compatible with the label machines software. Also, you don’t want to use this file as is. You need to update it with your own information by editing it in Illustrator. From there you can export to any file type you need.

      July 26, 2016
  • Scott Ferguson

    Thank you so much for saving me the headache of generating these on my own!

    May 9, 2017
  • Caleb

    Do you have this in .ai format?

    April 18, 2018
    • Clay Butler

      No. But it’s not necessary. It’s an Illustrator editable PDF file. No different than AI. I put a note in the file.

      May 16, 2018
  • CGeorge

    So does it matter what number you pick?

    May 2, 2018
    • Clay Butler

      You don’t pick a number. It’s literally the plant number.

      May 16, 2018
      • CGeorge

        How do I get a plant number?

        May 16, 2018
        • Paul Pomes, DVM

          An establishment (plant) number is assigned when the USDA issues a Grant of Inspection to your plant. Using the seal without having a Grant is a federal crime. To obtain a grant, start by searching for USDA FSIS form 5200-2. You’ll need to prepare several sets of documents before the Grant is issued namely Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and a Hazard Analysis, Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for each product line.

          May 8, 2019
  • Tina

    Do you know the minimum size requirement for the USDA Meat mark?

    February 27, 2019
    • Clay Butler

      Sorry, I don’t.

      March 22, 2019
  • Yelhsa

    This is the second time I’ve downloaded this logo (for two different clients). I truly appreciate you creating this! …Now to tell my client they NEED a plant number…

    May 7, 2019
  • Paul Pomes

    An establishment (plant) number is assigned when the USDA issues a Grant of Inspection to your plant. Using the seal without having a Grant is a federal crime. To obtain a grant, start by searching for USDA FSIS form 5200-2. You’ll need to prepare several sets of documents before the Grant is issued namely Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and a Hazard Analysis, Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for each product line.

    May 7, 2019
    • Clay Butler

      Thanks Paul!

      May 13, 2019
  • Andrew

    Hi Paul. Thanks for all this! Is there a minimum size for the legend, depending on the package size perhaps?

    June 7, 2019
  • Carsten

    My thanks for this!. As a little extra irony, the link to your site was provided by our IIC.

    June 26, 2020
    • Clay Butler

      That is really funny. I guess it proves my point that the USDA has really dropped the ball on providing this file.

      July 28, 2020
  • Hi Clay, I recently opened a small sausage company. I’m a one person operation, I don’t have Adobe and I have limited computer skills. Can you please put my establishment number into the legend and forward to me?
    Thank you!

    January 10, 2023
  • Good evening!

    Yours might be the site and expertise that might provide the “for amusement only” image, for which I’ve searched, in vain.

    I’d love to get a “USDA REJECTED” image, in the Official Stamp format, for both tee shirt and possible tattoo imagery purposes.

    Nothing with a fraudulent “official Plant Number” on it though, of course.

    Does the USDA even have a “REJECTED” stamp that they’d use? If not, well, this can be their first!

    Oh, and it might even become a new Blog Header, too. And if so, I’d be proud to properly Credit the Artist, at the very least. (I don’t do any blogging for $$$, other than the old PayPal tip jar, now long dead).

    Last question. Are there Official USDA “Ink Colors” (Pantone Chart Numbers?), for those stamps? I’d like to get it as Right as Possible, just because.

    Thanks in advance for your reply, and certainly, for any help you might provide.

    Sincerely,

    Jim
    Sunk New Dawn
    Galveston, TX

    December 21, 2023

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