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<< Back What’s on this page? Meat processing rules and regulations are complex but not impossible to understand. In the words of one of our favorite processors, Will Harris of White Oak Pastures, “you gotta keep the meat cool, clean and covered.” Maintaining proper temperatures, good sanitation, and protection from foreign elements (indoors and […]
<< Back What’s on this page? HACCP stands for “Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point.” A hazard analysis is the process used to determine the food safety hazards reasonably likely to occur in the production process. This also identifies the preventive measures, or “critical control points,” that the establishment can use to control those hazards. […]
Food Defense Plans: the Basics What is a Food Defense Plan? According to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), food defense “focuses on protecting the food supply from intentional contamination, with a variety of chemicals, biological agents, or other harmful substances by people who want to do us harm.” A food defense plan […]
Southern Puget Sound, 2008 Study title: “Local Meat for Local Meals: An Assessment of Demand for a Mobile Slaughtering Unit in Pierce, King, Kitsap and Thurston Counties, for the Puget Sound Meat Producers Cooperative.” Date of study: 2008 Author: Georgine Yorgey, University of Washington (lead author); For study summary: Todd Murray, Washington State University […]
Updated 5.21.2023 This page will highlight different state-level grant or loan programs that can be utilized to start new meat processing plants, upgrade existing ones, or fund other niche meat supply chain projects. Some of these are in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and others are longer standing programs designed to incentivize local and regional […]
Page updated 9.1.2022 If you are selling meat, it has to be inspected (both slaughter & butchering) by either a state inspection program or a USDA Food Safety Inspection Service inspector. We will go into more details about what that means below. If you are selling a live animal to a person or a group […]
There are a limited number of independent USDA-inspected poultry processing plants that will do custom fee-for-service processing for farmers. We will attempt to update this list when we hear of new ones. Below is a map and table of the establishments we have located. Marble City Meats 514 Odena Rd. N, Sylacauga, AL 35150 Alabama […]
USDA Grants Available for Meat Processors (& Producers) (updated 4.20.2023) Grant Tips: First off, all federal grants require you to first register in the System for Award Management (SAM), then register with Grants.gov. This process can take up to 4 weeks, so keep that in mind for proposal due dates. You do not need […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: May 30, 2023 Duration: 90 minutes As we all know, small and mid-sized meat processors are running out of options for solid waste management. Landfills are now charging exorbitant rates, if they’ll take processing waste at all. Many states do not allow composting, and rendering […]
A Paicines Ranch Learning Center & Cienega Capital webinar. From the Paicines Ranch website: A conversation on the middle of the meat supply chain and what it takes to make a processing operation financially successful “Processing is the bottleneck!” How many times have we heard this and wanted to understand this better to be able […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: June 29, 2023 Duration: 75 minutes Join Mara Steinitz, Meat Marketing Specialist at Taste Profit Marketing, to see how email marketing is: Easier than you think. A valuable tool to boost transparency A great way to connect directly with your your customers In this webinar, Mara […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: July 27, 2023 Duration: 75 minutes Marketing and brand-building techniques are often based in one-size-fits-most strategies and are reductive in scope and execution, resulting a trend-based rat race that pulls owners and operators away from the work they are most interested and qualified to do. Please […]
Last week, NMPAN was fortunate enough to be included both as exhibitors and as presenters at the 2023 Annual AAMP Convention in Charleston, South Carolina. From what I’ve heard, it was the most attended annual event to date – that’s surely due to the effort, coordination and general hospitality of the AAMP team. Instead of […]
This page contains listings for various training opportunities for meat industry members. Here, you’ll find programs and classes on: HACCP Humane Handling Industry Apprenticeship / Certificate Programs Meat Cutting Short Courses HACCP eHACCP.org is also offering online accredited HACCP courses. Check out their offerings here. qa
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: August 24, 2023 Duration: 120 minutes Are you interested in learning more about what deregulation could look like in the niche meat industry? Please enjoy this lively discussion between Denise Perry, PhD and meat processing operations expert, and David Zarling of NMPAN where they facilitate a […]
Overview Have you thought about selling Halal meat? How about offering Halal slaughter at your plant? Halal certified food is expected to reach nearly $2 trillion in sales by 2024. Learn more about what is true Halal meat and how a meat processor can get certified and inspected to do Halal slaughter and processing of […]
Is this a good idea? Will it work for us? And what’s it going to cost? Every meat processing plant needs the following equation to be successful: Capital + Customers + Talent/Staff = Potential Success. What is the best way to ensure these key parts of the equation are there? Write a feasibility study first […]
A Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network webinar. Date: June 20, 2023 Duration: 60 minutes Are you working to support meat supply chains in your region? Interested in learning from other efforts happening across the U.S.? Join us for this webinar to learn about the recently formed National Meat Summits Steering Committee, which works to […]
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Read NMPAN’s latest 2023 Annual Report marking 14 years of service to the niche meat industry! 2023 NMPAN Annual Report PDF To mark a decade of operations from 2008-2018, NMPAN conducted a ten-year review in early 2018 to assess its effectiveness to date and adapt for the future. The review included: An online survey of […]
