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Technical Team Visits United States To Meet With USDA And Industry
A team of 20 meat industry technical representatives is visiting the United States this week to discuss safety, animal identification and meat inspection with USDA. In addition the group will visit a meat processing facility and a feedlot to see U.S. protocols in practice.
These visits help key stakeholders see firsthand how U.S. meat safety systems work to produce some of the highest quality meat products available in the world. The team members have influence in their countries to encourage importers and others to purchase U.S. meat.
Led by USMEF Caribbean consultant Liz Wunderlich, the team members start their visit in Washington, D.C., at USDA Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service to learn about animal surveillance, testing and traceability procedures.
A discussion on how USDA ensures U.S. meat supply is safe, wholesome and correctly labeled and regulations and procedures on meat inspection and Export Verification programs will follow.
The team will see all these procedures practiced with a visit to a U.S. meat processing facility in Nebraska and will visit to a feedlot to get a better understanding of animal identification and the cattle feed ban.
Visits to the University of Nebraska and the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center are planned to discuss animal science, technology and research.
A visit to the largest consolidation, distribution and export centers for the Caribbean rounds out the tour in Miami on Friday.
Caribbean
Technical Team Visits United States To Meet With USDA And Industry
A team of 20 meat industry technical representatives is visiting the United States this week to discuss safety, animal identification and meat inspection with USDA. In addition the group will visit a meat processing facility and a feedlot to see U.S. protocols in practice.
These visits help key stakeholders see firsthand how U.S. meat safety systems work to produce some of the highest quality meat products available in the world. The team members have influence in their countries to encourage importers and others to purchase U.S. meat.
Led by USMEF Caribbean consultant Liz Wunderlich, the team members start their visit in Washington, D.C., at USDA Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service to learn about animal surveillance, testing and traceability procedures.
A discussion on how USDA ensures U.S. meat supply is safe, wholesome and correctly labeled and regulations and procedures on meat inspection and Export Verification programs will follow.
The team will see all these procedures practiced with a visit to a U.S. meat processing facility in Nebraska and will visit to a feedlot to get a better understanding of animal identification and the cattle feed ban.
Visits to the University of Nebraska and the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center are planned to discuss animal science, technology and research.
A visit to the largest consolidation, distribution and export centers for the Caribbean rounds out the tour in Miami on Friday.