REGULATORY
| USDA Inspection Resources
| Labeling
2007 FSIS Guide to Federal Food Labeling Requirements for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products (PDF)
| Mobile Slaughter Units
Guidance for Field Slaughter of Non-Amenable Species (PDF)
| Organic
The Basics Of Organic Certification (PDF)
Organic Certification Process
Guidance: Organic Pest Control Procedures in Meat and Poultry Handling Facilities (PDF)
| Kosher & Halal
Halal & Kosher Minnesota Meat Market Assessment (PDF)
Halal Meat Processing for Domestic Markets
USDA Meat and Poultry Processing Technical Assistance (MPPTA) program presents the Halal Meat Processing for Domestic Markets webinar featuring Agricultural Economist and Michigan State University Ph.D. Candidate Kelsey Hopkins and MPPTA Technical Assistant Director Dave Carter.
Understanding Halal Slaughter
MPPTA Client Kathryn Piper of Five Pillars Butchery House of Meats in Maine and Edibey Kucukkarca of ENA Meat Packing Co. in New Jersey were featured presenters in a March 12 webinar hosted by the Sheep and Goat Team at USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). This webinar provides an excellent overview of halal processing requirements and the basis for those procedures in the Quran.