To view our meat processing video Part I: The Set-up — the Mobile Unit and the Farm Site* click here. * (c) Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network 2009 Audio TextInterview with the farmer: “My name is Bruce Dunlop, I raise pigs and sheep here on this farm. We’ve been making use of having our co-op, which […]
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The videos listed here explore and explain a variety of meat and poultry processing aspects. Mobile Slaughter Unit Videos These three short videos show how a USDA-inspected mobile slaughter unit works, from the set-up of the unit and farm site, through the slaughter and cleaning process, including waste disposal, and ending with final transfer to
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UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2012 Poultry farmer Ed Leonardi originally built this mobile poultry processing unit not only to process his own birds but to rent it out to other farmers, to process their birds under their own state license. In 2011, after several years of trying to make it work, he stopped offering services to other
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FSIS Database of Federally Inspected Plants USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service provides a list, in pdf, of federally inspected processing establishments: FSIS Meat, Poultry, and Egg Product Inspection Directory. If you have a current copy of Adobe Acrobat, you can search pdfs for words. So if you are looking for a plant in
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Overview In many parts of the country, disposal of offal and butcher waste is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive, as renderers close down or raise their prices. Composting this waste has been demonstrated as a viable, safe alternative. In this webinar, an expert in butcher waste composting will explain how it’s done, and a small
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The following is the technical classification for worker’s compensation classification codes as written by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). Last updated December 2008. All codes are subject to change. Contact your state worker’s compensation bureau for the most up to date information. Code 2089 is not applicable in California and Montana “PACKING HOUSE—ALL
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<< Back Mobile slaughter and processing units are now in operation around the country. Here is some basic info about them. (Note that as more and more poultry MPUs come on line around the country, not all will be listed here.) If you operate a unit and would like to see it listed here, please
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NOTE: This article is provided for information purposes only, and should not be considered legal advice. Laws regarding business organization can vary from state to state. Before organizing, reorganizing, or selling your business it is strongly recommended that you seek appropriate legal guidance. By Doug Gross BrownWinick Law Firm Once a business owner understands the
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<< Back Contents 1 Succession Planning 1.1 Worksheet 1: Identify Your Goals 1.2 Worksheet 2: Identify the Goals of Other Stakeholders 1.3 Worksheet 3: Management Succession Planning 1.4 Worksheet 4: Envisioning a Best Case Scenario 1.5 Worksheet 5: Design Unified Goals for Best Case Scenario 2 Methods of Business Ownership Legal Transfer Succession Planning Want
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<< Back What’s on this page? Building a meat plant is no easy job. Even commercial contractors may not be familiar with the ins and outs of building a food processing plant that needs to be constantly washed down, contains rooms held at -20˚F, and has 1,000+
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