1/15/2013. What is POULTRY?? * Before getting started... Rules, Regulations and Processing Options

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1 POULTRY Rules, Regulations and Processing Options 5.i%JhI. Mnt MINNESOTA Objectives Discuss the regulations of poultry Explain processing & marketing options Answer your poultry questions Have a discussion What is POULTRY?? * Before getting started... Poultry means any dome5ticated bird whether live or dead chickens Duck, Understand the food safety issues Turkeys associated with raw poultry Geese Ratites ostdch, emus, rheal Poultry Products Inspection Act Title 9 CFR 1g57 Salmonella Campylobacter to

2 Poultry Food Safety Issues Salmonella Causes a diarrheal disease in humans Can be severe, especially the immune compromised populations May require hospitalization Infected people can carry and shed, causing it to spread to others via poor hygiene practices 0 Poultry Food Safety Issues Campylobacter Causes a diarrheal disease in humans Usually does not require hospitalization Can be severe in immune compromised populations, -.. l%~ X -. 4 Ply ~4: ~)~.n-~. j.:,.,,,- Why be concerned? FSIS Salmonella Testing -Broiler 9.4% 22.2% (c&endsryeanl9ss-2010r The Numbers....,.,_ Smaller plants have higher percentages of positives I In I IIIIL I - I.- LaQpI.nIow5OO.I~,twn n~ smd ~änii ~ Mn 10 I.rb~ Mn Sn,.n 01 0r00&,,110

3 Processing Steps Poultry Processing Challenges Faster carcasses chill Recipe for contamination: o Less opportunity for pathogens to grow! Add one contaminated bird to a chilling tank filled with o USDA and State Equal to facilities requirements c,rcassesduiibe4o oriess Under 4 lbs 4 hrs water Add more birds (100 s to 1000 s) to the tank 4to8lbs Stirs i. ;, OverSlbs 8hrs V <~ contaminated.5 poultry! -3 Rules and Regulations Two General Considerations Understand them before you start Licensing Afood handler s Iicensemayormaynotbe specific exemptions / required in order to sell your poultry may apply Inspection Very specific to each individual situation Official inspection of every carcass may be needed depending on the end customer Inspection may not be needed if end customer comestoyourfarm --

4 Poultry processing options What is Federal or State Equal To inspection? USDA MN equal to - Conducted for poultry that is not being sold directly to the end consumer Conducted to ensure poultry and ~, poultry products are WHOLESOME Custom Exempt,-~& and SAFE!~ RL Exempt Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) What is Equal To? Antemortem Inspection State Inspection equal to USDA Wholesome Meat Act Inspection of the live animal (akntaieflqu.it&iaw) est1967 before it is processed Equal To Federal Inspection Individual bird-by-bird inspection is Must use MN Inspection legend not feasible Must adhere to Federal ~/IjIsi jfl Performed on a Lot basis regulations /J?JJj ~- Live birds can continue through - In Minnesota only!?!! ~ slaughteç dead birds are 58 facilities under inspection condemned

5 On line Inspection of Birds What is Equal To and federal? EVERY bird is examined for Increased emphasis on food safety in processes Disease conditions that may make Still evaluate sanitation and facility it unfitfor human food Dirt, fecal, bile material and Evaluate processes using contamination Bruising or othertissue defects Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures required Carcass and internal organs examined Recordkeeping& Documentation Inspector s Verification of Food Safety Systems Inspected Slaughter and Processing Establishments Plant recordkeeping is adequate, complete +Ust of USDA Plants: (515) or HACCP plans are adequate SSOP s are implemented and effective Monitoring of CCP s is being performed and verified ccp s chosen by plant are scientifically valid Product safety by sampling of products for bacteria +List of State E2 plants: of food safety concern MINNESOTA

6 Custom Exempt The plant is allowed to process birds for the owner of the birds and return them to the owner of the birds not for sale to the general public Only use for the personal use of the owner, family members and guests Custom Exempt Quarterly inspection for sanitation and facility issues About 290 facilities in MN Not all conduct poultry slaughter Biggest compliance issue- selling NFS meat RL exempt Exemption from the PPIA May need inspection every ito 2 years to be sure facility requirements are met for sale of RL. exempt birds at Farmer s markets or any market off the premise of the farm *N0TE a person can not claim more than one exemption RL exempt poultry slaughter.. Farms may register w/our departmentfor this exemption! selling less than 20,000 birds annually Selling only birds raised on his/her own farm Sold only from farm to individual consumers No smoking, cooking or curing permitted The processor must process poultry under sanitary conditions! Must be labeled properly Not to be who esaled, or n retail markets

7 RL exempt poultry slaughter... Labeling your product If product is sold off the farm, or process RL Exempt: over 1,000 birds lee. Earners market, roadside stands) The Farmer s Name The Name and Address of your Must have an approved facility that meets the farm including the zip code requirements of 9 CFR part The Product Name *This means no open air processing ExemptRL VIeitPiultiy Pasture Road An~1own. MN Product: Whole Chicken Exempt PL Type of inspection Needed for Poultry Processors Licensing Requirements... End customer Type of inspection needed You may or may not need a license Grocery stores, restaurants Federal or State Equal To (wfioiesaie outlets) if selling only your own birds, don t need a Direct sales off the farm to No routine inspection license end customer (if slaughtered processed under PS. on the farm) exemption Farmers marrets Federal or State Equal To or RL. exempt from an approved facility Sales to another individual Custom Inspection ONLY if c sold prior to slaughter -

8 Who Does Not Need a License? Who Needs a License? Meats: sale of multi-ingredient products, Farmers who have their poultry processed under cured, cooked or smoked products (examples: inspection at a USDA or State E2 Inspected Facility bacon, sausage). Poultry: sale of smoked, cured, cooked or Farmers selling PL Exempt poultry sold further processed poultry and birds from any directly to the consumer location other than your farm. sale of meat/poultry to grocery stores, IF it s product of your farmi restaurants, retail outlets, or customers whereas the product is not from your farm Licensing requirements Type of Licensing Needed for Poultry Processors Some outlets may require a license even Products being sold Licensing needed though you are exempted... Birds only from your farm None required register with MDA Farmers Markets- bylaws and policies Birds from your farm and Food handlers license Retail Stores- receiving product policies other farms Third party auditing Poultry ingredients products that don t with added come Food handlers license from your farm We highly recommend contacting us to discuss your licensing and inspection needs before you begin operating!

9 Situation 1: Situation 1 Inspection Requirements.. You want to sell your own birds to grocery Produced under a continuous inspection system, including HACCP regulations stores, restaurants... can be sold across State lines This is called wholesale the poult~ snot sold to the end customer What are the requirements f, Produced under a continuous inspection ~ - _..J system, including HACCP regulations Inspection and Licensing cannot be sold across State lines = = Situation 1: Licensing requirements... Situation 1: Licensing requirements... Selling only birds from your own farm No license required farms Only applies to whole or cut up chickens Selling your own birds and birds from other No added ingredients unless all ingredients come OR contain products not from your farm from your farm (spices, sausage, marinades products) Food handler s license required

10 Situation 2 Sales of your own birds to customers that come to your farm birds are slaughtered on the farm What are the requirements for... Inspection and Licensing? Situation 2: Inspection and License Requirements... Federal or Equal To state inspection is required... if you process under 20,000 birds the customer comes to the farm... if you sell less than 1,000 birds, no inspection requirements No license requirements Situation 2 Cont. Situation 2: Inspection Requirements... Now what if the customer doesn t come to if productis sold off the farm, or process over the farm...and you sell your birds off the farm 1,000 birds at a different location (Ex. farmers market, roadside stand) Must have an approved facility that meets the Or you slaughter over 1,000 birds requirements of 9 CFR part Farm will be inspected every one to two titan

11 Situation 2: Inspection Requirements... Situation 3 Register with the MN Dept of Ag Nocostlrivolved Market All packages must be labeled with P1 esemption requirements Applies only to whole birds and cut up birds... no added ingredients Sales of poultry at the Farmer s Directlyto the ultimate consumer What are the requirements for Inspection and Licensing? Situation 3: Licensing Requirements... Licensing may not be required BUT multi-ingredient products or products not of your farm, license IS requ red Situation 3: Inspection Requirements... Must have proper facilities according to CFR 416 processed on the farm Transportation restrictions and maintaining temperature Mechanical refrigeration is necessary unless the product is sold and delivered in four hours or less

12 Situation 3: Inspection Requirements... Producer s processing >20,000 birds per year must be licensed and under Federal or State inspection Allowed to sell Federal orstate Equal To birds All packages must be properly labeled Importance of Labeling If we need to identify and find the processor of a defective product We need to know the source and we may need to do it in a hurry rcomplaintof illness >Complaint of contaminated product >complaint of injury rcomplaint of death MINNESOTA Labeling your product Depends on how it was processed RL Exempt: The Farmers Name The Name and Address of your tarn, including the zip code TheProductName Exempt Ft YIISIPIIIUII Pasture Road An~1own, MN Product Whole Chicken Exempt P.L USDA or Equal To Labeling Label Features / PORKSAUSAGE - = lithe pmducl Is a rwpioduc~ a sale handling lab~l Is,eqcirl.

13 Labeling If the label on your chickens states Not for Sale that means... They cannot be sold! Labeling If you claim something, you must prove It Example: Higher n Omega 3 s must have adequate laboratory testing results to show this Same goes if the label says Exempt RL and you did not process them yourself eamiry Earns Resources and Fact Sheets: Resources Cont. Farmer Market Venders Guide Sale of Locally Raised Eggs to Food Facilities Sale of locally Home or Farmed Raised Poultry Approved Meat and Poultry for Food Facilities - = -- = MiNNESOTh

14 Resources Cont. Where to start?? MDA M ISA First, identify your end customer!! r The end customer will determine what type of regulations you will need to follow U of M > This may change as your business grows... the AURI (Agriculture Utilization Research Institute) Others- (ex) online from approved sources... Universities, Regulatory agencies, etc. regulations that apply to your business will also change as you grow Summary Contact Information Minnesota Department of Agriculture Raw poultry are commonly contaminated with bacteria that cause illness in humans www mda.state.mn.us Rules and regulations around poultry processing are complex! Levi MuhI, Meat Compliance Officer Do your homework before getting Meat Poultry and Egg Inspection started? Choose the right path!!! Levi.Muhl@state.mn.us MINNE5OT~

15 Questions??? 1/15/2013