Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Regulations Training in Massachusetts

Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Training – Part 1:
Applying for a State Slaughter License to use MPPU
Training Partners include:  New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, New England Small Farm Institute, Mass Dept of Agricultural Resources, Mass Dept of Environmental Protection, and
Mass Dept of Public Health


DATE:
Thursday, January 28th
TIME: 9:30 am  – 3:30 pm
LOCATION: Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Bernice Barbour Wildlife Medicine Building Conference Room
50 Willard Street, North Grafton, MA
MORE: $ 35 registration fee includes lunch and resource materials.

Pre-register before January 22nd by completing a registration form.  Please make checks for $35 payable to: Community Teamwork, Inc. and return completed registration form to: New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, 9 Central Street, Suite 402, Lowell, MA 01852. You may also fax or email completed registration form to: nesfp@tufts.edu or 866-306-3941

This training is targeted to farmers who wish to commercially raise and sell poultry to direct markets.  This workshop is Part 1 of a multi-phase training process for MPPU use.  For farmers who complete their state slaughter license and local board of health application and approval process, additional hands-on training and demonstration of MPPU use and operations will be scheduled in Spring 2010.
For more information on the MPPU project, visit New Entry’s website

MPPU Concord

Morning Training Session (9:30 – noon) Includes:

  • Federal/State/Local Poultry Processing Regulations
  • Sanitation and Food Safety Procedures
  • Solid Waste and Wastewater Handling
  • Flock Health Certification
  • MPPU Slaughter License application process
  • 2010 MPPU Fees and Rental Policy
  • Equipment & on-farm infrastructure needed to process poultry

Lunch Break (provided) noon

Afternoon Training Session (12:30 – 3:30 pm) Includes:

  • Humane processing steps
  • Pre-MPPU arrival procedures
  • MPPU installation and setup on farm
  • Pre-process sanitation of MPPU
  • HACCP Record-Keeping logs
  • Composting waste and water
  • Packaging and Labeling
  • Post-Operations sanitation and record-keeping requirements
  • Economics of Poultry Production and Processing
  • Opportunities for Individual Technical Assistance in regulatory application process

For questions about this training or the MPPU project, please contact Jennifer Hashley or Sam Anderson, 978-654-6745 or by email at:  jennifer.hashley@tufts.edu or sanderson@comteam.org

This MPPU training is funded through a grant from the Northeast
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program of USDA.

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New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
9 Central Street, Suite 402
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
978-654-6745
Visit us on the web at:  www.nesfp.org
Email:  nesfp@tufts.edu

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