County Line Craft Processing
Terms and Conditions
Definition of “CLCP”
County Line Craft Processing, L.L.C., will be referred to in this Agreement as “CLCP.”
Custom Processing, Pickup, Storage, and Product Condition
Custom Processing Fees. Any processing request that is custom, non-standard, or outside CLCP’s standard processing options will be subject to additional charges. Custom processing prices will be determined based on the type of animal, requested cuts, labor required, and any other applicable processing requirements.
Priority Requests. Any customer-requested deadline, expedited turnaround time, or other time constraint will be subject to a priority fee. CLCP will confirm any applicable priority fee before beginning the requested priority processing. CLCP does not guarantee that a requested completion date can be met unless CLCP expressly agrees to that date in writing.
Pickup and Storage Fees. Customers must pick up completed meat products promptly after CLCP notifies the customer that the products are ready for pickup. If any completed meat products remain at CLCP for more than seven (7) calendar days after the date CLCP provides notice of availability for pickup, CLCP will charge a storage fee of $30.00 per day, subject to a minimum storage charge of $100.00.
Abandoned Products; Disposal. If (a) accumulated storage fees exceed the total processing charges for the applicable meat products, or (b) the meat products remain uncollected for fourteen (14) calendar days after CLCP provides notice that they are ready for pickup, whichever occurs first, CLCP may dispose of the meat products without further notice to the customer. The customer remains responsible for all processing, labor, storage, disposal, and other amounts due, whether or not CLCP disposes of the meat products. CLCP may require payment in full before releasing any meat products to the customer.
Spoiled or Rancid Meat. CLCP may refuse to accept or may immediately dispose of any meat or meat product that CLCP reasonably determines is spoiled, rancid, contaminated, unsafe, improperly handled, or otherwise unfit for processing or consumption when delivered to CLCP. CLCP will have no liability for the disposal of, or any loss relating to, meat or meat products delivered in such condition. The customer is solely responsible for ensuring that all meat and meat products delivered to CLCP have been properly handled, stored, transported, and maintained at safe temperatures before delivery.
Dispute Resolution; Mandatory Arbitration
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to CLCP’s services, the processing, storage, handling, pickup, disposal, condition, or delivery of any meat or meat products, any charges or fees, or the relationship between CLCP and the customer (each, a “Dispute”) will first be submitted to binding arbitration before either party files a lawsuit in court.
Before commencing arbitration, the party asserting a Dispute must provide the other party with written notice describing the nature of the Dispute and the relief requested. The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days after receipt of that notice. If the Dispute is not resolved during that period, either party may submit the Dispute to binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its applicable consumer or commercial arbitration rules, as applicable, before one arbitrator.
The arbitration will take place in the county and state where CLCP’s principal place of business is located, unless the parties agree otherwise or applicable law requires another location. The arbitrator may award any individual relief available under applicable law but may not award relief on behalf of any person or entity that is not a party to the arbitration. Judgment on the arbitrator’s award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.
The customer and CLCP each waive the right to have a Dispute decided by a judge or jury, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court if the claim qualifies and remains within that court’s jurisdiction. Either party may also seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction to protect its rights pending completion of arbitration.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Disputes must be brought only on an individual basis and not as a plaintiff, claimant, or member of any class, collective, consolidated, representative, or private attorney general action. If the class-action waiver in this paragraph is found unenforceable as to any claim, that claim must be litigated in a court of competent jurisdiction, and all remaining claims will be arbitrated.
This arbitration provision is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and will survive completion of CLCP’s services, payment, pickup, disposal of products, and termination of the customer’s relationship with CLCP.