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NMPAN Webinars

Last Updated: April 19, 2013

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All NMPAN webinars are recorded and archived here, by topic.
A few selected webinars from other groups are also listed.

Click on a webinar's title for the slides, speaker info, and recording.

Topic Areas (click to jump to a topic):

 

Local Meat and Poultry Processing: the Big Picture

Local Meat Processing: Successes and Innovations

Date: April 19, 2013
Duration: 90 minutes

Local meat and poultry can’t get to market without a processor, but processors are pulled in many directions: Farmers would like more processing options, but the kind of processing needed depends on the market, the regulations are complex, and even with premium-priced meats, the profit margins are slim.

So how can local meat processing survive ... and even thrive? On this webinar, Lauren Gwin and Arion Thiboumery, co-founders and co-coordinators of the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network, share the results of their research on this topic, featuring innovations and lessons learned from successful processors around the country.  We also heard from several regional support efforts -- in Vermont, New York, and North Carolina -- to improve access to local processing.

 

To Build or Not to Build: Lessons Learned from New Processing Ventures

Date: September 28, 2011
Duration: 1 hour
Finding a processor that does what you need, when you need it, can be challenging. Building a new facility to meet that need might seem like a good idea. Sometimes it is, but often it isn't. On this webinar, we'll discuss what works -- and what doesn't work -- when building new processing facilities. Our speakers share lessons learned, with real examples from the field.
 

Regulations and Policy

USDA-FSIS Draft Compliance Guide for Mobile Slaughter Units

Date: July 13, 2010
Duration: 1 hour
On May 24, 2010 USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a draft “Mobile Slaughter Unit Compliance Guide.” The guide was written for owners and managers of a new or existing red meat or poultry MSU who want to operate under federal inspection. On this webinar we explain the guidance and answer questions with the help of a Policy Officer from USDA-FSIS.
 

Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Meat Proposed Rule

Date: October 20, 2009
Duration: 45 min.
The 2008 Farm Bill included a provision to allow the interstate sale of state-inspected meat and poultry. In September 2009, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service published proposed rules for how this program will work. On this webinar, we explain the proposed rules, discuss "messy details" and areas of controversy, and give background on the issue.
 

Meat Labels and Label Claims

Date: July 8, 2009
Duration: 90 minutes
Meat labels can be confusing for producers, processors, and consumers. Officials from USDA/FSIS Labeling and Program Delivery Division and Iowa Meat and Poultry Inspection, and the operations manager of Organic Valley's meat division explain the label approval process, voluntary label claims, updated requirements, and how FSIS interprets claims defined by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
 

Poultry Processing Exemptions

Date: March 10, 2009
Duration: 90 Minutes
Poultry processing exemptions can be difficult for producers, processors, and even regulators to sort out. Recognizing that states have the ability to individually modify these regulations, this webinar attempts to clear up some confusion by offering both an FSIS and a state perspective. Additionally, three exempt processors overview their operations.
 

Poultry Processing Exemptions II (2010)

Date: December 7, 2010
Duration: 1 hour
The federal poultry processing exemptions remain confusing for producers, processors, and even regulators, especially since most states have added their own modifications to the federal regulations. In this webinar, a policy official from USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service explains the exemptions, and a state official from North Carolina explains how that state recently decided to allow one of the most important federal exemptions.
 

Nutritional Labeling of Meat and Poultry: the New Rules

Date: October 4, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service finalized new rules in 2010 about nutritional labeling of meat and poultry products. The new rules are effective on January 1, 2012 -- that means everyone must be in compliance.  On this webinar, FSIS explained the rules and what you need to know to comply. Also, Brynn Kepler of the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) described their labeling resources.
 

Management and Accounting Tools for Processors

Product Costing for Meat Processors and Marketers

Date: October 21, 2010
Duration: 1 hour
A processor and a marketer, both specializing in niche meats, explain the ins and outs of how to cost out products efficiently and effectively, including insights on inventory management.
 

Order & Inventory Management

Date: April 27, 2010
Duration: 1 hour
How to keep track of everything? Three meat companies showcase the computer systems they are using: why they use them, how they work, and how much they cost.
 

Third-Party Audits for Small and Mid-Sized Meat Processors

Date: April 5, 2011
Duration: 68 minutes
Small and mid-sized meat processors are increasingly being asked by their customers to go through third party audits for a range of standards and practices. On this webinar, auditors explain what to expect from – and how to prepare for – audits for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), food safety, animal welfare, and certified organic. A processor with ample audit experience will also offer tips and perspective.
 

Business Planning and Plant Design

The Business of Meat Processing: Planning and Profitability

Date: June 2, 2011
Duration: 1 hour, 15 min.
Planning to expand, change, or build a new meat processing business? Trying to figure out how to make your small processing business more profitable? On this webinar, business management and planning experts will address these important topics and answer your questions. We will also roll out two new user-friendly guides for small meat processors on planning and profitability.
 

Building a Small Meat Processing Plant

Date: May 26, 2009
Duration: 1 hour
Thinking about building a new plant? Want to expand your existing plant? Considering getting into the meat processing business? This webinar will help you understand the process and the pitfalls of plant design and construction.
 

Food Safety

Microbiology 101 for Small Meat Processors

Date: February 1, 2012
Duration: 95 minutes
Meat processors increasingly need to understand microbiology concepts and terms, from N-60 sampling and multi drug resistance to Non-0157 STECs, CFU, APC, PCR, and PFGE. Two Pennsylvania State University food scientists with many years experience working with small meat processors explain the basic microbiological terms that processors – and their customers – need to understand. The webinar has four sections: Microorganisms in Food, Pathogens, Spoilage Organisms, and Microbial Analysis.
 

Microbiology 201 for Small Meat Processors

Date: August 29, 2012
Duration: 90 minutes
 
In this webinar, our Microbiology 101 instructors take us to the next level, focusing on microbiological sampling, both why and how. The webinar has four sections: (1) goals and basics of microbiological sampling, (2) environmental sampling and two examples: listeria and sanitation verification, (3) product sampling, and (4) how to choose a microbiological testing lab.
 

Controlling Listeria: What You Need to Know about USDA's New Guidance

Date: November 27, 2012
Duration: 90 minutes

In September, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued revised guidance about controlling Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. On this webinar, Penn State University food safety scientists Martin Bucknavage and Catherine Cutter explain the revised guidance document and what processors need to know to comply.

This webinar was co-sponsored by the American Association of Meat Processors, the American Meat Science Association, and the North American Meat Association.

 

Natural Curing for Meats

Date: March 4, 2010
Duration: 1 hour
As interest rises in cured meats made without synthetic nitrates/nitrites, processors are seeking information on safe and effective methods. On this webinar, meat scientists, a processor, and an organic meats marketer explain ingredients, processes, and challenges to natural curing, as well as product labeling issues.

Mobile Units

Mobile Poultry Processing Units: Reports from the Field

Date: April 5, 2012
Duration: 90 minutes
Coordinators and others involved with five mobile poultry processing units on the ground in Vermont, Montana, Massachusetts (2), and Kentucky explain how their units work, accomplishments to date, costs, and lessons learned.
 

Mobile Poultry Processing Units in California, Montana, and Vermont

Date: October 14, 2009
Duration: 1 hour
Coordinators of three new mobile poultry processing units explain how the units work and discuss challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in bringing these units on line.
 

Mobile Processing Units: What's the State of the Art?

Date: December 10, 2008
Duration: 1 hour
This webinar features the first USDA-inspected red meat MPU; the latest ideas and options for mobile units; policy challenges to getting an MPU up & running in Montana; and an economic feasibility cost-calculator spreadsheet for MPUs.
 

USDA-FSIS Webinars on Mobile Slaughter Units

Dates: January 20 and 21, 2010
Duration: 90 minutes each
Description:These two webinars, offered by USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service, explain red meat and poultry mobile slaughter units. Presentations cover technical and practical aspects, regulatory compliance, and financial assistance programs. Recordings and slides available (January 2010).
 

Waste Management

Alternatives to Rendering: Butcher Waste Composting

Date: December 1, 2009
Duration: 1 hour
Disposal of offal and butcher waste is often increasingly difficult and expensive, as renderers close down or raise prices. Composting this waste has been demonstrated as a viable, safe alternative. An expert in butcher waste composting explains how it's done, and a small meat processor in Oregon describes his composting operation, including regulations and permitting process.

Producer-Processor Communication

Understanding the Processor's Language

Date: September 15, 2009
Duration: 60 minutes
The Executive Director of the American Association of Meat Processors explains how processors do what they do, from yield grades and cutting specifications, inspection and other regulatory requirements, meat handing and shelf life, improving communications with your processor, and more.
 

Working Effectively with Your Processor

Date: August 24, 2011
Duration: 1 hour

On this webinar, Kathleen Harris of the Northeast Livestock Processing Company spoke about how producers and processors can work more effectively together to overcome common problems. Bruce Dunlop of Island Grown Farmers Cooperative described the processing scheduling system their group uses for its own processing facilities.
 

Educating Your Processing Customers: Customer Manuals

Date: February 27, 2013
Time: 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern, for 1 hour

Some processors give their new processing customers a “how to work with us” manual, to help with the education process. On this webinar, we learned about manuals used by two small plants: Wells Jenkins Wells, in North Carolina, and Homegrown Poultry, in Idaho. We also showed an online model you can use to write your own.

 

 

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