Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan. 17, 1976
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Poultry processors
Ily DIKTER KRIEG
CAMP mix - Poultry
processors from all over the
slate met here at Sch.-'dlcr's
Restaurant last Tuesday to
discuss some of the issue
lying before them in 1976.
The primary subject matters
presented Involved govern
ment regulations and
USDA’s involvement in the
industry.
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service is
reportedly experiencing
some changes at the top level
which are “working out
pretty well for the moment
but we’re not sure how long it
will last,” said Lee Camp
bell
The poultry official noted,
however, that “in the next
few years we may see some
radical changes. USDA is
beginning to think that there
might be better (at least
alternative) ways to do
things. This is the first time
during my 12 years in this
position that I’ve seen this
condition. To me that’s
encouraging.’’
Specific topics of
discussion included
hnespeeds, the AQL in
spection program, union
negotiations and OSHA
regulations. The conclusion ® ne °* th® Questions being
in all cases was that there considered is sample in
was too much regulation on s Potion, as opposed to a
the part of the government. P r °gram where every bird is
But there was one item on inspected. A technicality
processed poultry meat, was brought up at that point
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according to some of the
which many of the 25 people
present though they could
move a step ahead of USDA.
Present regulations arc not
stringent enough about
keeping feathers out of
processors, and a recom
mendation was made that
the industry take it upon
itself to tighten their stan
dards. “After all, sooner or
later the government is
going to make us do it
anyway," one member of the
group said. Keeping
processed poultry meat 100
percent feather - free is a
problem, according to
discussions which took
place, but it should be a goal
to be kept in mind
Some issues confronting
poultry processors ail over
the country are being
hammered out now.
Meetings have been held at
various intervals, and U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture,
Earl Butz, recently
recommended that the in
dustry come up with a task
force to determine what kind
of policies should be
developed.
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os to what Inspection really
is. Some inspectors arc
reportedly only looking at
poultry - never toughing or
feeling the bird. Inspection
criteria and methods arc
being questioned, as well as
labeling standards.
The task force is also
looking into work being done
by APHIS, OSHA, and other
federal agencies which guide
the industry. Noting the
scope of the market,
especially since world trade
is involved, the poultry
processors were in
agreement that inspections
are necessary and
beneficial. Foreign in
spections are being
questioned, however.
Union negotiations are
progressing, Campbell told
the group, but nothing
definite had been set up thus
far. Clothes - changing time
and overtime schedules are
being scrutinized.
Poultry sausage is getting
to be a pretty good com
mercial item, Campbell
revealed, and he thinks it’s
10% Off
Augering
systems
meet
lime that a few ground rules
be set up for it. Recom
mendations have been made,
but nothing has gelled yet
The present limit on fat
content for poultry sausage
is 26 percent. Some
dissatisfaction was ex
pressed with present stan
dards which limit the
amount of regular meat
allowed in poultry sausage.
They’d like to see the figure
raised from its present 15
percent to a limit of 35
percent.
The Talmadge - Aiken
inspection program seems to
have come to a stand-still,
according to Campbell. The
program was initiated when
states wanted to retain their
inspection rights but could
not afford the funds to keep
them going. As a result, the
federal government took
over the responsibilities and
is paying half the costs.
When complying with
OSHA regulations, poultry
porcessors are reminded to
tell and agency not just what
has been done, but how much
wns spent, since OSHA •
seems to be Impressed by
figures
In concluding remarks, the
processors voted to send
literature to high school
home cc. teachers, county
homes, and extension home
economists to promote the
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