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DELTA York County Junior
Holstein Association is making
plans for the annual junior fitting
and showing workshop, scheduled
for July 13 at Kingway Farms,
near here.
The fitting portion of the
workshop begins at 10 a.m., with
York Jr. Holstein Assn, plans fitting workshop
participants to be divided into
teams of two and given a calf to
clip, wash and halter-train.
Following the lunch break, Judging
classes will begin in fitting and
showmanship, with prizes to be
awarded to the top winners.
A drawing for dairy-food
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packages is planned as a fund
raising event through September,
with a top prize of |25 in dairy
products to be awarded to the first
place winner, and several smaller
product packages to second
through fifth place winners.
Tickets for the drawing will be
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sold through Septembert 16, with
the final award drawing scheduled
for dairy activity night at the York
Fair.
Junior Holstein members will be
taking part in the regional judging
school sponsored by the Penn
sylvania Holstein Association, to
be held in Columbia and Lucerne
Counties, July 5 and 6. Any
members interested in attending
this judging seminar should
contact Carl Anderson, Jr., youth
advisor to the junior county club,
or Patty Bupp, juniors’ president.
Processing
beef rules
changed
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The U.S. Department
of Agriculture has
finalized processing
requirements for
cooked corned beef and
roast beef in federally
inspected plants to
reduce the potential for
salmonella con
tamination.
The final regulation
modifies slightly an
interim rule im
plemented by USDA last
July.
“In response to
comments received,
USDA will allow a
variety of processing
procedures to be used
which assure safe and
wholesome products,”
said Donald L. Houston,
administrator of
USDA’s Food Safety
and Inspection Service.
In 1977, USDA issued
an emergency rule that
required roast beef to be
cooked to an internal
temperature of 145
degrees Fahrenheit to
destory salmonella.
Studies later showed
that salmonella could
also be killed by cooking
longer at lower tem
peratures, Houston
said, so USDA revised
its regulations to
provide various com
binations of cooking
times and temperatures
for roast beef.
“Last year’s interim
rule was implemented
following several out
breaks of salmonellosis.
It tightened sanitation
requirements and
humidity controls for
preparing cooked
corned beef and roast
beef,” Houston said.
“We also required these
items to be marked with
the date of production,
and additional handling
and storing
requirements were
established.”
The final rule will
become effective July 1.
Under the Federal
Meat Inspection Act, only
wholesome, unadulter
ated and truthfully
labeled meat products
may be sold in com
merce.
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