The Agriculture Department is holding another in its series of mobile slaughter unit information sessions today in Fort Collins, CO as part of its “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative. The session will focus on red meat slaughter.
Mobile slaughter units are self-contained slaughter facilities that can travel from…
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The Agriculture Department announced this week that its Food Safety and Inspection Service will host a red meat mobile slaughter unit information session Sept. 9. The information session, which is part of USDA’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative, is designed to educate farmers, ranchers, and processors about operating mobile…
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In another move to promote local meat infrastructure, the USDA announced a red meat mobile slaughter information session for June 24
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced it will host an information session on red meat mobile slaughter units later…
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Feds find gap between small-scale ranchers and customers eager to buy locally raised meat
Back in the 1990s when Bruce Dunlop, owner of Lopez Island Farm in northwest Washington, would drive around on his “home island,” he couldn’t help but notice that as beautiful a sight as the flocks of…
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As first reported by Food Safety News last month, as part of their ongoing Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food effort, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has been hosting instructional Webinars on mobile slaughter units to help small meat producers process and…
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