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Who Builds Mobile/Modular Slaughter Units?

These companies have designed and built MSUs, from bare bones rigs to complete, fully-equipped systems. Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement. www.mobileslaughter.com Mobile slaughter unit pioneer and NMPAN Advisory Board member Bruce Dunlop shares photos, specifications, and equipment needs for mobile units. Friesla Friesla, located in Everson, Washington, builds both modular and mobile […]

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Marketing Meats

Local Meat Buying Guide  This easy to use, consumer-oriented guide explains buying pork and beef as whole animals (or portions thereof). The guide explains marketing terms, storage and handling recommendations, types of meat inspection, meat weights (live vs. carcass vs. retail cuts), and common retail pork and beef cuts with color photos. “The Butcher Stole

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USDA-FSIS Draft Compliance Guide for Mobile Slaughter Units

Overview Note: This webinar video is no longer available, but the other resources and materials are all listed below. On May 24, 2010 USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a draft “Mobile Slaughter Unit Compliance Guide.” The guide was written for owners and managers of a new or existing red meat or poultry MSU

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Product Costing for Meat Processors and Marketers

Overview Recording Pam Saunders’ slides Arion Thiboumery’s slides Product Costing Spreadsheets Price Indexing Transcription of the webinar recording Overview Please Note: This webinar is no longer available in video form, however, the presentation materials remain active. A processor and a marketer, both specializing in niche meats, walk us through the ins and outs of how

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Poultry Processing Exemptions II (2010)

  Contents 1 Overview 2 eXtension Page Explaining Poultry Processing Exemptions 3 Dr. David Zeitz’s Presentation Slides 4 Donald Delozier’s Presentation Slides 5 Using an Exempt Facility to Process Poultry from more than one Producer Overview Please Note: This webinar is no longer available in video form, however, the presentation materials remain active. We first covered

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USDA-FSIS on MSUs

<< Back USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, as part of its assistance and outreach to small and very small plants, offers several resources for MSU operators, to help with regulatory compliance.   Considerations Unique to Mobile Red Meat Slaughter Building and operating a USDA-inspected mobile slaughter unit can require creative approaches to regulatory compliance,

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