Animal and Egg Production Food Safety State Cooperative
Agreements
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State Cooperative Agreements
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Alabama
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Description: The goal of the Alabama Animal Production Food Safety Initiative project is to assess and
provide educational opportunities to producers to improve food safety procedures on the
farm as well as continuing educational efforts with small packers on basic concepts
concerning animal production food safety. The program will continue to develop and
analyze communication strategies between packers and producers. The objectives of
this outreach activity will be accomplished through a series of educational meetings with
food animal producers, small slaughter establishments, dairy producers and egg
producers. The concept of a "model farm" will be developed addressing
animal health and food safety issues including, but not limited to,
Biosecurity,
Antimicrobial Resistance, Identification and Recordkeeping, Feed Quality and Manure
Management.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. J. Lee Alley,
Alabama Department of Agriculture in Industry, Montgomery, Alabama,
Phone: 334-240-7255,
e-mail: alagia01@agri-ind.state.al.us
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California
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Description: In the western U.S., the class of animals most frequently found to contain violative
tissue drug residues is cull dairy cows, exceeding veal calves by fourfold. The
intensive antibiotic usage on dairy farmers may be contributing to the development of
microbial resistance in human pathogens. Therefore, antibiotic residue prevention
remains a very germane topic. The private veterinary practitioner is well-versed on many
aspects of antibiotic usage, however, their knowledge of residues can be strengthened.
The project will develop a video from an existing slide presentation on chemical
hazards. It will provide a uniform and complete message insuring all presentations
on the important residue topic would not be omitted, nor misinterpreted. This
video
will be useful to individuals and groups desiring educational information on animal
production food safety, such as college students, 4-H, and FFA participants.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Richard E. Breitmeyer, California Department of Food and Agriculture,
Sacramento, California,
Phone: 916-654-0881, e-mail: rbreitmeyer@cdfa.ca.gov
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Colorado
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Description: The Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado State University Extension Service, the
Colorado Department of Health and the Food Safety and Inspection Service are cooperating
to promote the adoption of quality assurance principles, good management practices, and
animal health in Colorado beef production systems. The goal is to provide consumers
of Colorado beef a wholesome and safe product. This program fosters the adoption
of a Colorado beef quality assurance program by Colorado producers. Beef Quality
Assurance (BQA) certification is a process by which producers accept responsibility for
the actions under which cattle on their production unit are produced. Member
operations agree to be subject to regular audits conducted by a trained audit team.
Re-certification is required every two years.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Wayne Cunningham, Colorado Department of Agriculture,
Lakewood Colorado,
Phone: 303-239-4161,
e-mail: Wayne.Cunningham@ag.state.co.us
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Florida
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Description: Working through the Florida Animal Industry Technical Council, the Florida A&M University,
various Indian nation tribal councils, and others, the Florida Department of Agriculture
and Conservation Service is working to provide animal production food safety information
to producers of beef, mutton, goat, pork, and poultry. The program will be carried
out through educational meetings, publications, communications and education of individual
producers on quality assurance processes. The Department seeks to assist small
producers maintain markets for their product in a HACCP environment.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Leroy M. Coffman,
Florida Department of Agriculture and
Conservation Service,
Phone: 850-410-0900,
e-mail: coffmal@doacs.state.fl.us
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Illinois
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Description: Food Safety is an issue facing consumers and producers in Illinois. Many producers
are unaware of the risk that certain management practices place on their agricultural
products. Educational materials are severely lacking in this area, especially in the
area of the classroom. The Illinois Department of Agriculture believes that reaching
the future livestock producers in Illinois in the classroom setting will help alleviate
this problem. Reaching these future livestock producers will help them develop good
management practices, and also allow them to implement them for use on the family farm.
This program will establish a preharvest food safety educational committee.
They will develop educational materials regarding pre-harvest safety for livestock
production facilities that can be used in the classroom, offer training sessions for
teachers and youth leaders throughout the state on how to introduce a preharvest food
safety program to their students, and address how to best utilize the material developed by the
Department.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Richard D. Hull,
Illinois Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 217-782-4944,
e-mail: dhull@agr-84rl.state.il.us
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Indiana
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Description: Indiana operates an Animal Production Food Safety partnership with three
project teams: one each for poultry, dairy, and beef. The
poultry team takes the quality assurance meetings directly to
integrated poultry producers in the state and complements the program
with train-the-trainer programs to extend the reach of each team.
This one-on-one, personalized approach has proven to be a successful
means of communicating with a very competitive, highly integrated
industry. The dairy project focuses education on small to
medium-size dairy producers who have little or no exposure to the
principles outlined in the 10-point milk and dairy beef residue
avoidance program. The team plans to educate producers about the
importance of a proactive approach to food safety. The beef
project continues to build on the "IQ plus" beef program.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Brett Marsh., Indiana State
Board of Animal Health, Phone: 317-227-0303, e-mail: bmarsh@boah.state.in.us
Principal Contact: Denise Derrer,
Public Information Director, Indiana State Board of Animal,
Health, Phone: 317-227-0308,
e-mail: dderrer@boad.state.in.us
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Michigan
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Description: The State of Michigan seeks to promote awareness and implementation of
food safety and good production practices on dairy farms in
Michigan. The phases utilized to carry out the program are
to: enhance and expand the animal production food safety partnership groups
which already exists; expand the communication network to cover areas
such as HACCP, animal waste management, on farm wildlife control, and
bovine tuberculosis prevention; review and enhance educational
materials; disseminate information to veterinarians to present at local
producer group meetings, especially dairy associations; and disseminate
information to producers through articles, newsletters, the Michigan
Department of Agriculture web site; mailings, presentations at regional
meetings.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Harry Chadick,
Michigan Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 517-373-1077,
e-mail: chaddockm@state.mi.us
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Mississippi
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Description: The State of Mississippi's Board of Animal Health is organizing a
coalition of individuals and organizations that have a key role and/or
interest in food safety issues at the producer farm level. It is
developing a program that will educate producers about the various roles
they play in the production of safe food. Examples of ongoing
projects include development of educational materials; implementation of
Quality Assurance Certification programs; development of an education program
aimed at order buyers and others involved in the marketing of livestock
to promote sanitation and management practices designed to promote a
safe food product; and development of continuing education conferences in
food safety for food animal veterinarians.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. James Watson,
Mississippi Board of Animal Health
Phone: 601-359-1170,
e-mail: jimw@mdac.state.ms.us
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Missouri
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Description: The State of Mississippi's Board of Animal Health is organizing a
coalition of individuals and organizations that have a key role and/or
interest in food safety issues at the producer farm level. It is
developing a program that will educate producers about the various roles
they play in the production of safe food. Examples of ongoing
projects include development of educational materials; implementation of
Quality Assurance Certification programs, development of an education program
aimed at order buyers, and others involved in the marketing of livestock
to promote sanitation and management practices designed to promote a
safe food product; and development of continuing education conferences in
food safety for food animal veterinarians.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. John W. Hunt, Jr.,
Missouri Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 573-751-3377,
e-mail: jhunt01@mail.state.mo.us
Principal Contact: Dr. David Hobson,
Missouri Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 573-751-3377,
e-mail: dhobson@mail.state.mo.us
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Nebraska
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Description: The goal of the Nebraska animal production food safety
outreach program is to implement appropriate and ongoing food safety
strategies into the Nebraska animal production system, including all
ages of producers and sizes of operations, and to facilitate sharing
ideas and dissemination of food safety information among producers,
extension educators, veterinarians, and others involved in the
preharvest food safety network. For FY 2001, the primary audience of
the Nebraska program will be food animal producers and their families.
It will also include extension educators, county 4-H/youth program
assistants, 4-H/youth leaders, and veterinarians. There are
approximately 17,000 youth enrolled in these 4-H projects in Nebraska,
who are involved in the raising of beef, sheep, swine, dairy animals,
and poultry. The quality assurance education programs will consist of:
a brief, but comprehensive facilitators/leaders guide; a handbook for
youth; certificates of recognition; a video; and a "learning
laboratory" kit of materials to be used in hands-on activities.
These programs for youth will be carried on in counties across the
state.
Contact Information: Dr. Larry Williams, State of Nebraska, Nebraska Bureau of Animal
Industry, Phone: 402-471-2351, e-mail: larrylw@agr.state.ne.us
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Nevada
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Description: Nevada Department of Agriculture has established a Food Safety Quality
Assurance Committee. The committee is composed of representatives of the
Department of Agriculture, food animal producers, Agricultural
Extension Service agents, and veterinarians in food animal practice. The
goals of the committee are to enhance awareness of the importance of on
the farm food safety programs and encourage sound resource management
through progressive, innovative quality assurance management training.
Its program will consist of educational materials that will include an
instructional manual, audiovisual material, and hands-on training. The
program will address the adoption of residue avoidance and food safety
preventive practices, adoption of pathogen reduction and prevention
practices, animal or premise identification, recordkeeping of management
practices, quality assurance certification, and third party audited
programs.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. David Thain,
Administrator, Division of Animal
Industry,
Nevada Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 702-688-1182,
e-mail: dthain@govmail.state.nv.us
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New Jersey
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Description: The Division of Animal Health of the New Jersey Department of
Agriculture is seeking to establish and support a New Jersey Cattle
Health Assurance Program. The long-term objective is to establish a New
Jersey Dairy Quality Management Alliance (DQMA) initiative that promotes
the adoption of the successful New York Cattle Health Assurance Program
(NYSCHAP) model. This model program integrates the best management
practices based on a comprehensive risk assessment of herd health and
current management practices. The New Jersey Cattle Health Assurance
Program will educate veterinarians and producers on the need to begin
voluntary implementation of good management practices that will enhance
the profitability and consistent quality and safety of milk and dairy
beef products. The base program is the establishment and implementation
of a group of general "best management practices" that have
proven to be important intervention points for the maintenance of animal
health and production of safe and wholesome food products. The program
will develop statewide educational workshops and will ask for five
volunteers who will demonstrate the effectiveness of disease control
programs and share their experiences with their peers. Initially the
program will concentrate on Johnes' disease, Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7,
residues and mastitis.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Ernest Zirkle,
Division of Animal Health,
New
Jersey Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 609-292-3965,
e-mail: aghzirk@ag.state.nj.us
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New York
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Description: The New York State Cattle Health Assurance Program was designed as an
integrated management-based approach to many of the future challenges
facing the livestock production industry. The program is
process-oriented rather than product-oriented. This means that producers
are given credit for product produced in accordance with methods that
promote herd health, food safety and environmental responsibility. This
information can be utilized to encourage product consumption, make
informed purchases of herd replacements, and can address many
environmental issues. A new approach is required to meet the numerous
future challenges faced by the livestock production industry. Food
safety/quality issues will drive a growing proportion of animal health
programs in the future. Consumer driven issues command political
attention. Producers and responsible agencies will have to establish
preventative intervention strategies to maintain confidence in the food
supply. Pathogen reduction programs must be designed with an inherent
flexibility to accommodate the wide array of pathogens, management
styles, environmental conditions, and animal health expertise available
to the farm. The key, and the most difficult part of designing such
programs, is to insure program credibility while maintaining that
flexibility. The FSIS funding is to support the position of a
coordinator for the New York State Cattle Health Assurance Program. The
position's purpose will be to compile and encourage the adoption of
residue avoidance and food safety preventive practices, animal/premise
ID, recordkeeping, management practices that comply with certification
programs and support for efforts to address zoonotic and human
pathogens, herd health hygiene, and biosecurity preventive strategies.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. John P. Huntley,
Division of Animal Industry,
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets,
Phone: 518-457-3502,
E-mail address: agriaanimal@emi.com
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North Dakota
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Description: The overall goal of the North Dakota Beef Quality Assurance project is
to develop and pilot an interdisciplinary, three-day, food safety
training program for extension agents, state health and state
agriculture department personnel, state meat inspection personnel, and
rural veterinarians which will alert them to meat safety issues from
production to consumption and enable them to deliver face-to-face food
safety programs/advice to their constituents. These are primarily small
producers and minorities (Native Americans). Outcomes from this report
are to be workshops, materials, a video, and web site that offers
technical assistance to producers in the area.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Larry A. Shuler,
Board of Animal Health,
Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 701-328-2655,
E-mail: lschuler@state.nd.us
Extension Veterinarian: Dr. Charles Stoltenow,
North Dakota State University,
Phone: 701-231-8045
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Ohio
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Description: In light of Ohio's progress in implementing packing plant HACCP
programs, the state is in great need of a uniform Beef Quality Assurance
Program. Ohio's beef producers must begin to make the transition and
become more aware of their responsibilities relative to food safety,
providing assurance to packing plants processing the livestock.
Implementation of an Ohio Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Program
represents a proactive effort to educate Ohio beef producers about
quality assurance procedures and guidelines. The program will develop a
Beef Quality Assurance instructional manual. It will include information
concerning proper recordkeeping, proper drug use, tissue and chemical
residue avoidance, extra label drug use, feed source verification, and
good animal husbandry practices. Structured training sessions will be
provided to train the trainer on a statewide basis. Future aspects of
the program involve out-year development of a web site, CD-ROM-based
educational programs, and third party verification.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. R. David Glauer,
Division of Animal Industry,
Ohio Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 614-728-6220,
E-mail: glauer@odant.agri.state.oh.us
Principal Contact: Robin J. Burton,
Administrative Assistant,
Division of Animal Industry,
Ohio Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 614-728-6220
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Oregon
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Description: Oregon agriculture has significant components in food animal
production. Both beef and dairy industries are major contributors to the
agricultural economy, as well as smaller segments in sheep and poultry.
Organized commodity groups already have quality assurance programs in
place or in planning stages. In the Oregon dairy and beef industries,
quality assurance program efforts have been directed at the food safety
issue of drug and chemical residue avoidance. With a growing public and
government concern for other food safety issues, like foodborne
pathogens and transmission of antibiotic resistance from food animal
groups to humans, the time has come for a major education effort in that
direction. The program intends to educate producers of food animals
about pathogen reduction strategies at the production level. There will be special emphasis on
strategies that are broad in scope and have potential for controlling
multiple pathogens. The program will develop materials to be used to
conduct meetings with producer groups and assure that all points are
covered as appropriate.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Andrew W. Clark,
Oregon Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 503-986-4680,
E-mail: aclark@oda.state.or.us
Principal Contact: Dr. Don Hanson,
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Oregon State University,
Phone: 541-737-6533
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Pennsylvania
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Description: The partners in the Pennsylvania "Animal Production Food
Safety State-based Outreach Partnerships" propose to develop
educational materials (digital video, manuals, slide sets, and
brochures) for training implementers (veterinarians, sanitarians, dairy
producers, animal production and health professionals, and county
extension agents) who will then apply HACCP-based practices to assure
milk safety and safety of market cows. Eighteen to twenty-four
individuals will be trained as implementers of HACCP-based practices for
the dairy farm. The educational materials will be delivered to the
implementers who will then invite other producers in their areas to
visit the their farms and learn about HACCP.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. John Enck,
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,
Phone: 717-783-8300,
E-mail: jenck@state.pa.us
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South Carolina
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Description: Historically, South Carolina has had a problem with salmonella
in eggs. Because of the problem, the South Carolina egg producers began
a voluntary program to reduce the incidence of salmonella in eggs. The
volunteer nature of the program places the burden on the egg producers
to develop a pathogen reduction plan specifically for their premises.
Although the egg producers are eager to comply with this program, they
lack the training and expertise in pathogen reduction to accomplish this
goal. To enhance the level of safety in table eggs produced in South
Carolina, the state has implemented an on-farm pathogen reduction
training program on food safety issues for table egg producers by
conducting a series of workshops and on-farm training sessions. The
workshops address issues such as biosecurity preventive strategies,
maintenance of good sanitation production practices, recordkeeping,
and storage of food products.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Jones Bryan,
Clemson University,
Phone: 803-788-2260,
E-mail: jbryan@clemson.edu
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South Dakota
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Description: South Dakota producers realize that with changing demographics
and massive processing distribution systems, the risks pertinent to food
safety are changing and must be addressed at every step from production
through transportation, to slaughter and retail. Concerns that the
establishment of critical control points (CCP's) by processors at the point
of production has moved to the center of concern for producers. These
procedures could lead to advantage vertically integrated operations in
that the critical physical, chemical, and biological hazards could be
satisfied by HACCP-like system within vertically integrated operations
at the production level. South Dakota cattlemen need to assure that a
HACCP-like system, with adequate verification, is available to independent
producers, regardless of the size of the operation. The South Dakota
Animal Industry Board working with the South Dakota Cattlemen's
Association and South Dakota Stock Growers have joined to form a
voluntary beef quality assurance/critical management point committee to
develop such a system. The system includes guidelines and agreements
that involve producers adhering to specific requirements regarding
feedstuffs, feed additives, cattle treatments, animal well-being,
veterinary/client/patient relationship and recordkeeping. Following
training, producers develop a plan with their chosen licensed,
accredited veterinarian and other experts. The goal of the program is to
have 20,000 beef producers involved in the verified production control
program within four years.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Sam Holland,
South Dakota Animal Industry Board,
Phone: 605-773-3321,
E-mail: dr.holland@state.sd.us
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Texas
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Description: The short-range goals of the Texas Animal Health Commission
food safety outreach project is to develop channels of communication
that could be used to promote awareness among food animal producers of
the need to implement voluntary production practices, which might
improve animal health, and/or reduce the risk of chemical, physical, or
microbial public health hazards from entering the human food supply. The
Commission's efforts focus on encouraging development of local and
regional partnerships among allied agricultural entities within Texas to
foster cooperative activities that would improve delivery and exchange
of information with special emphasis on reaching small producers and
their suppliers. The Commission is using the existing framework of the
Texas Animal Health Commission's designated "key person"
assigned to each of 254 counties in Texas to make contacts and to
strengthen existing informal partnerships with allied agricultural
entities that are essential to the effective transfer of information
designed to improve animal health by encouraging adoption of improved
management practices. A database has been created at the Texas Animal
Health Commission in Austin containing names and addresses of thousands
of producers, suppliers, and other animal agricultural entities to
assist in dissemination of relative messages about improved animal
health management practices. For example, over 12,000 copies of the
Commission's 12-page informational newsletter "Animal Health
Matters" were prepared and distributed. This activity provides an
avenue to provide animal health-related information to a broad audience
in a cost-effective fashion. Also numerous presentations have been made
to food animal associations and to individuals by Animal Health
Commission personnel with producers individually.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Linda Logan,
Texas Animal Health Commission,
Phone: 512-719-0700,
E-mail: Llogan@tahc.state.tx.us
Principal Contact: Dr. Max Coats,
Texas Animal Health Commission,
Phone: 512-719-0700,
E-mail: Mcoats@tahs.state.tx.us
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Utah
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Description: Producers in the state of Utah recognize the need for a quality
control program that enables the dairyman to continue on a regular basis to
help ensure an unadulterated product. It is the purpose of this funding
to develop a dairy quality assurance program by the Utah Department of Agriculture and
Food in
conjunction with the dairy industry. Following development of the
program, the Utah Department of Agriculture/Food intends to begin
educating producers on the aspects of the program and their involvement.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Michael Marshall,
Utah
Department of Agriculture and Food,
Phone: 801-538-7160, e-mail: agmain.mmarshal@email.state.ut.us
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Vermont
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Description: Vermont ranks first in New England in livestock production. The
majority of food animal producers in Vermont are classified as small
producers (fewer than 950 animal units). Approximately 200,000 cattle,
5,000 hogs, and 10,000 lambs are marketed for slaughter from farms in Vermont each
year. Four egg farms in Vermont produce approximately 85,000 eggs per
day, and a small number of turkey farms produce about 20,000 turkeys per
year for slaughter. However, dairy farming is the economic leader for
Vermont agricultural income. Dairy products account for approximately 80
percent of total farm income in Vermont. The broad goal of this
initiative is to promote awareness of issues involving food safety among
all individuals involved in food animal production, transport,
marketing, and processing in Vermont. The program will carry out
educational outreach to dairy producers in Vermont by developing
intensive training to a small number of producers and written
educational materials distributed to a large number of dairy producers.
The project will demonstrate quality assurance and risk assessment plans
on dairy farms in Vermont, focusing on animal health, pathogen
reduction, antibiotic usage, and health and treatment recordkeeping on
dairy farms. In anticipation of the adoption of mandatory national
program standards under FDA's egg safety action plan, the project will
develop on-farm risk assessments and individualized flock plan for
Salmonellae risk reduction on the four egg production farms in Vermont.
Food safety issues will also be discussed in meetings of the Vermont
Cattle Health and Quality Assurance Committee and the Vermont Dairy Beef
Advisory Committee. The focus is to encourage open lines of
communication among all interested parties.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Todd E. Johnson,
Phone: 802-828-2421,
E-mail: tjohnson@agr.state.vt.us
Extension Veterinarian: Dr. John Barlow,
Dept. of Animal Sciences,
University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT,
Phone: 802-656-1395
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Washington |
Description: The goal of the Washington State animal production food safety
outreach
project is to provide educational opportunities to producers. At the
end of
the project, a questionnaire will be developed to test the
effectiveness of
the various educational opportunities presented to producers, 4-H
members,
4-H leaders, and the Extension Livestock Advisors. The project
includes
distribution by mail of educational material to producers, 4-H
members, 4-H
leaders, livestock advisors, and large animal veterinarians geared to
promote quality assurance programs available to various food animal
species.
The project will encourage and promote animal production food safety
quality
assurance and show how these programs affect the packers Hazard
Analysis
Critical Control Point program and the food consumers eat. The
project will
organize and provide speakers for producer-packer meetings, place
literature
at livestock salebarns, and provide educational programs for adult
producers
including presenting quality assurance animal production food safety
education programs for extension and vocational agriculture
personnel. Contact Information: State Veterinarian - Dr. Robert Mead, Washington Department
of Agriculture, Phone - (360) 902-1878, e-mail - rmead@agr.wa.gov
Principal Contact - Dr. Dan Jemelka, Public Health Advisor and
Project Coordinator, Phone - (360) 902-1967
Extension Veterinarian - Dr. Jan Busboom, Extension Meat
Specialist, Washington State University Related
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Wisconsin
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Description: The Wisconsin project for animal production food safety begins
with the training of regulatory veterinarians to develop a trained
workforce capable of training private veterinarians, producers and small
slaughter plant personnel. The regulatory field force will also assist
in developing HACCP-compatible partnerships and expand the farm to table
concept. The Division of Animal Health will work with
private veterinarians, who comprise the essential element in developing
an active, effective and successful program. It will be the private
practitioner’s responsibility to develop the needed partnerships
between producers, slaughter plants, laboratory and regulatory personnel.
The program will rely on the veterinarian’s expertise in sampling,
laboratory testing, and interpretation. The Division of Animal Health
will participate with the Division of Food Safety in offering a joint
program to explain the HACCP-compatible program to small slaughter
plants throughout the state. The Division of Food Safety administers the
HACCP program in small slaughter plants in Wisconsin. All
state-inspected plants are currently participating in the HACCP program.
This training would explain the on-farm HACCP compatible principles to
small plant operators and their role. In addition, the Division of
Animal Health will work jointly with industry, the Division of Food
Safety, FDA and FSIS to develop progressive enforcement statutes, rules
and policies pertaining to on farm food safety and HACCP-compatible
programs. This will require multiple meetings throughout the state. The
Department utilizes a progressive enforcement strategy involving
education, counseling, written warning and civil and criminal
forfeiture.
Contact Information: State Veterinarian: Dr. Clarence J. Siroky,
Phone: 608-224-4872,
E-mail: sirokcj@wheel.datcp.state.wi.us
Principal Contact: Dr. Donald O'Connor,
Phone: 608 - 224-4872
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