Food Safety
What Does “Intended Use” Mean?
This guide helps small meat processors and butchers understand how to manage beef products safely by identifying their intended use and addressing potential contamination risks.
Labeling & Packaging
Labeling Special Statements and Claims
Navigate special statements and claims with ease: Watch our webinar for a clear guide and access to the latest FSIS Label Approval Guideline.
Labeling & Packaging
Submitting a Label
Streamline your USDA label submissions: Watch our webinar for expert guidance on using the Label Submission and Approval System (LSAS).
Labeling & Packaging
Filling Out a Label Approval Form
Master FSIS form 7234-1: Watch our step-by-step guide to filling out the label approval form with expert tips and resources.
Labeling & Packaging
Basic Labeling Requirements
Stay compliant and avoid costly mistakes: Watch our webinar on basic labeling requirements for meat and poultry products.
Processing
Creating Value with Chicken Sausage
Making coarse ground sausages using chicken thigh meat and other dark meat increases the value of meat sources.
Customer Resources
Safe and Delicious Pork
The accompanying guide gives you some quick points for preparing various cuts of pork at varying levels of doneness.
Principles of Meat Science
How pH Affects Processed Meats
This science article includes detailed chemistry of how pH affects water-holding capacity as well as myoglobin and lipid oxidation in your processed meats.
Business
How to Win Grant Funding
This comprehensive toolkit includes simple instructions for creating a competitive grant proposal.
Plant Operations
Managing Carcass Cooling
Use this basic outline to guide your facility and staff through a thorough carcass cooler organization and management plan.
Processing
Curing a Country Ham
Meat scientist Dr. Gregg Rentfrow guides you through the ham selection, trimming and curing process that leads to a delicious ham.
Business
Grant Writing Fundamentals
Watch this in-depth workshop on grant writing, focusing on aligning project goals with funding opportunities, structuring clear objectives, and using logic models to demonstrate measurable outcomes.