Rebecca Thistlethwaite

Cooperative Interstate Shipment: How’s It Working Out?

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  A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar, presented in collaboration with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Date: February 4, 2014 Duration: 1 hour The Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program, authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and launched by USDA-FSIS in 2012, allows state-inspected meats from qualifying plants to be shipped across state lines. The goal of the program […]

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Cost Analysis: Are You Making Money? Webinar

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  Cost Analysis: Are You Making Money?  A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: March 19, 2014 Duration: 1 hour All NMPAN webinars are free and open to the public.  Overview Many meat processors watch their checkbook balances and hope for the best.  Some wade through P&L statements looking for answers and often come up short.  Most

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HACCP in an Hour

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  A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar                Date: May 29, 2014 Duration: 1 hour HACCP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point — has been around for decades as a food safety management system in many different industries. Starting in 2000, USDA required all inspected meat & poultry establishments to have a HACCP plan

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Finding Capital: Financing Options for Meat Processors

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What’s on this page?  Upgrading or expanding an existing meat processing plant, building a new facility, buying equipment… it all costs money, and plenty of it.  The information on this page will help you understand and navigate financing options that fit your processing plans.   Q: What are my financing options? Which one is best

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Mobile Slaughter Units: Reports from the Field and Future Directions

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  Mobile Slaughter Units: Reports from the Field and Future Directions A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Date: September 10, 2013 Duration: 90 minutes Overview Inspected mobile slaughter units for beef, bison, and other red meat species have been operating for more than a decade. How are they working out? What have we learned? And how

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Mobile Poultry Processing Units: Reports from the Field

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  A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar Learn more about NMPAN: www.nichemeatprocessing.org Webinar Description Mobile poultry processing units (MPPUs) have been around for more than ten years. On this webinar, we learned about five MPPUs on the ground around the country: Kentucky, Montana, Vermont, and two in Massachusetts. Each of our speakers covered the

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