Slaughterhouse Sue Support Slipping

http://www.cheyenneherald.com/_pdf/2010/May%202010/May%2011,%202010%20page%208.pdf

How to get your horse to stand so you can ship it to slaughter

(A horse has to be standing on "at least three legs" to go. This is called the "three-legs" rule.)

Against the Pro-Slaughter Grain

Excellent Op-ed in the Cheyenne Herald;

http://www.cheyenneherald.com/_pdf/2010/April%202010/April%2027,%202010%20Front%20page.pdf

US, Mexico, to Strengthen "Meat Connection"

FSIS Announces Signing Of Procedural Agreement With Mexico

Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Adrian Gianforti

WASHINGTON - April 27, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced the signing of a procedural agreement with Mexico's National Service of Health, Food Safety, and Agro-Alimentary Quality (SENASICA). The "Terms of Reference" is a documented procedure for the way in which FSIS engages with its Mexico counterpart, SENASICA. The document has been a collaborative effort between the governments of Mexico and the U.S., and represents a new level of interaction and cooperation between FSIS and SENASICA.

"FSIS has been working diligently with SENASICA on this agreement to improve how we work together," said FSIS Administrator Al Almanza. "Through the cooperation of SENASICA, we can jointly continue to enhance our efforts in ensuring food safety and protecting public health."

The ceremony brought senior representatives from SENASICA to Washington, D.C. to sign the document, "Terms of Reference for the Operational Relationship of the Mexican National Service of Health, Food Safety, and Agro-Alimentary Quality and the United States Food Safety and Inspection Service in the Trade in Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Between the United Mexican States and The United States of America" with FSIS officials. The document focuses on matters of equivalence, audit procedures, the listing and delisting of eligible establishments for export to the two respective countries, and establishing more effective means of communication in areas of public health. FSIS Administrator Al Almanza and SENASICA Director in Chief Enrique Sanchez-Cruz signed the agreement on behalf of their respective governments.

The agreement was intended to provide an opportunity for improvement of established procedures. FSIS and SENASICA worked together after SENASICA's request to FSIS for written standard procedures by which the agencies interact on matters of food safety and public health.

To view the full written procedural agreement go to the FSIS Web site at:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Terms_of_Reference_Mexico_US.pdf

USDA Issues New Compliance Guide for Mobil Slaughter Units

Encouraging small scale red meat and poulty producers to apply for their services;

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Compliance_Guide_Mobile_Slaughter.pdf

USDA to Conduct National Slaughter Study

USDA: Availability of poultry slaughter facilities
5/28 May 2010

The US Department of Agriculture has released a preliminary study revealing existing gaps in the regional food systems regarding the availability of slaughter facilities to small meat and poultry producers.
The study by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is a first attempt to identify areas in the US where small livestock and poultry producers are concentrated but may not have access to a nearby slaughter facility.

"To support consumer demand for locally produced agricultural products, meat producers need to have access to local or regional slaughter facilities, and the study we are releasing shows that there is often a shortage of facilities needed to bring food to market," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

"The 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative is working to address various shortcomings in the food supply chain on behalf of our country's producers and consumers. If there is a stronger, closer link between production and consumption, there is often an economic benefit," he added.

The data creates a county-by-county view of the continental US, indicating the concentration of small farms raising cattle, hogs and pigs, and chicken, and also noting the location of nearby state slaughter facilities and small and very small federal slaughter establishments. The USDA defines "small slaughter establishments" as those having between 10 and 499 employees, and "very small slaughter establishments" as having fewer than 10 employees or less than $2.5 mln in annual sales. For the purpose of the study, small livestock and poultry producers are those who have annual sales of $250,000 or less.

The presentation "Slaughter Availability to Small Livestock and Poultry Producers – Maps". These findings are released as part of USDA's "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative, which emphasizes the need for a fundamental and critical reconnection between producers and consumers.

Source: USDA

http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/usda-availability-of-poultry-slaughter-facilities-7506.html

"Frontier Meats" a Front for Beltex

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/no-2-horsemeat-trade-frontier-meats

Killbuyers Feedlot, Midwest Exchange Regional Stockyards in Mexico, Missouri

Where Mo KB Terry Broocke purchased the horses that later crashed in Ok on its way to Frontier Meats in Tx - a pitstop enroute to a horrible death in a Mexican Slaughterhouse

Name: Midwest Exchange Regional Stockyards
Street: 1120 Market Drive
Mexico, mo 65265-3518
Phone: (573) 581-2250

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