USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday the agency is holding two webinars today and Thursday on the topic of mobile slaughter units.
FSIS said that with recent interest in building slaughter capacity in rural areas, the webinars are meant to educate small and very small meat and poultry processors about the economic potential of mobile slaughter units.
Mobile slaughter units are self-contained slaughter facilities that can travel from location to location. FSIS-inspected mobile slaughter units provide a feasible option for small livestock producers who seek to provide safe, wholesome meat product to local and interstate consumer markets.
"USDA inspectors are in beef and poultry slaughter and processing establishments every day, enforcing our nation's food safety laws and regulations," said Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Jerold R. Mande. "The web seminars on mobile slaughter will better prepare small and local producers who operate these units to receive the federal mark of inspection and ensure the safety of their product."
Today's Red Meat Mobile Slaughter Unit seminar already took place from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST (USDA issued the press release at noon EST). A second seminar, Poultry Mobile Slaughter Unit, will take place Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST.
Each seminar will highlight inspection issues unique to both types of mobile slaughter units as presented by industry and agency experts. The seminars also will include information on USDA Rural Development loan and grant programs available to under-served rural areas. To register and download the presentations, click here.
Source: meatingplace
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