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Mobile Slaughter Units: Reports from the Field and Future Directions

  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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State and local government regulations that may apply to an MSU

  Introduction A state- or federally-inspected mobile slaughter unit (MSU), like any inspected meat slaughter or processing business, must comply with USDA food safety regulations promulgated and enforced by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and, for state-inspected MSUs, the state’s meat inspection program. An MSU must also comply with a variety of other regulations

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Island Grown Farmers Cooperative (updated 3/2018)

Updated 3.29.2018 The Island Grown Farmer Cooperative (IGFC) mobile processing unit (MPU) was the first USDA-inspected mobile slaughter facility for red meat in the U.S. Further processing is done at a permanent plant in Bow, WA, also USDA-inspected. Additional case study (2012): more about how IGFC works Basic information Capacity per day: MPU: about 9-10

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