Food Safety

 

 

The issues regarding food safety have broadened through the years.  This section consists of food safety information specifically related to the meat industry.  This is a very large section with a lot of useful information.  More food safety information can be found at specific University food safety websites.  This section will be updated with new information as issues become more relevant to the meat industry.
   

E. coli O157:H7 Information

General and technical information regarding E. coli O157:H7 as well as information pertaining to the reassessment of HACCP plans if E. coli O157:H7 is a hazard likely to occur.

Listeria monocytogenes Information

General and technical information regarding Listeria monocytogenes.  Information on ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products to further reduce the incidence of Listeria monocytogenes and compliance with new regulations.

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Information

General and technical information regarding CWD to help you better understand chronic wasting disease and relay that information onto your customers.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Information

General and technical information regarding BSE.  Information and HACCP help complied by AAMP to help answer questions regarding "Mad Cow Disease" as well as information published by USDA/FSIS.

Avian Influenza (AI) Information

A resource for general and technical information on the bird flu, including fact sheets, question and answer documents, and information from the USDA. 

HACCP Information

General information regarding HACCP, HACCP help contact information, and some "Safe Harbor" documentation from FSIS.

Food Safety and Training Materials

Safe food handling ideas for various aspects of your processing, retail or product handling operation. Download them for use as easy step employee training and plant management tools, including posters.

Recall Information

Information on the development of a RECALL program and the description of a food recall from FSIS.

Guidelines For Developing Best Practices

Guidelines developed by a group of trade organizations and operational personnel from specific establishments.  Guidelines are designed to provide a recommended set of practices and procedures that processors may want to adopt to ensure optimal quality and food safety.

Resource Materials

Educational materials regarding HACCP plan prerequisite programs, HACCP plan development, and HACCP plan implementation that may be useful to establishments.

Consumer Food Safety

Basic food safety information that be used to educate your customers on the need for food safety from your plant to their plate.

Food Security & Emergency Preparedness

Guidance documents prepared to assist Federal and State inspected plants that produce meat, poultry and egg products in identifying ways to strengthen their biosecurity protection.

Animal Identification

Animal identification information to educate stakeholders of the system designed to identify any agricultural premise exposed to a foreign animal disease and make it possible to quickly contain and eradicate.

     


 

 

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