DMancattar Faming Saturday, April 8,1989 Sulfa Violations Continue To Decline The violative sulfa-methazine residues in market hogs continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 1988. Violations were found in less than 0.4 percent of the 15,571 samples tested, according to the Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS). This represented a small decline from the 0.5 percent of violations discovered in testing conducted from March through September last year. However, the 0.4 percent was down significantly from the 4 The Poultry Sales and Service Conference will be held at the J. O. Keller Conference Center, Penn State University on April 11 and 12, 1989. The general prog ram will start at 9:45 a.m. with excellent presentations on ventila tion principles and instrumenta tion. This will be followed by a presentation by Dr. Reynnells, the USDA-Extension Service national program leader for Poultry, on dealing with animal rights and welfare issues. The Tuesday afternoon prog ram will be split into two parts. Issues and information concerning TUESDAY, APRIL 11,1989 9.00 Rtgltlralion, Lobby. JO. Kollor Conforoneo 10.00 Conlw • m. GENERAL PROGRAM • Room 312 Kallar Building Chairpareon ■ Kaant 9.45 Wflcomt to Pann Stott - Evana 10 00 Propar Ventilation through Motivation - Dyktt Inatrumanlatlon lor Environmental Mtaaurtmtnto In Poultry Housn - Mayor How Con Poultrymon Goal with Animal Righto GroupaT ■ RaynnaDi 10.45 11:15 12.00 Lunch (on your own) BROILER PROGRAM - Room 115 Keller Building Chaiipareon ■ Muir 130 Penel on Evaporetlve Cooling Syeteme ■ pm. Muir, Eberly, and Woodward 230 USOA Film on Bloaaourlty - Reynnete 330 Break 330 Broiler and Broiler Breeder Vaccination Program - Singletary 430 Broiler Breeder Appetite - Barbelo 430 Broiler Breeder Nutrltlon-RomuilaUon and Feed Management - Üburn 530 Adjourn PULLET - LAYER PROGRAM - Room 312 (Mar Building • Chaepetaon - Schwartz 130 ADnwt: A Suocaaalul Trutmant tar p.m. UrolHhiatla - Widaman 200 fcilaollou* BrancMllt Btrakit AflaaHng tha KMnaya al CMckana • Cowan 230 Egg Industry Sumy • Update ■ Madiaon 3.00 Imk 330 How Many BH« Can IPM Into ■ Cagal-Rouah 400 Wot Manor* ■ H— till ol HanagamanL Equlpmam, or BothT - Gkdlitot 430 USDA Film on Bloatourlly - Roynnob 500 Adjourn 700 Poultry PradualaSmargttfeard-MM Contra HWi Courtly Club, EM Branch Road. SMa CoDaga, Pa WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,1969 BIOSECURITY PROGRAM - Room 312 Katlar Chiiiparson • Kradal (.00 Tha Pragnanl Egg ■ Kalra S;4S Changtt In NPIP Ragulatlon Ratal Iva to SalmonaNa - Kradal 9.15 Aapacta of Baetarlologleal Intar- ralationahlp* Contrlkutlng to Contamination at tha Halchaiy - Kant 9:45 Braak 10 IS Controlling Salmon*lt* ki Randatkig Plant* ■ Cuahwa 10.45 Eoanomlo Outlook far Faadt, Faadatulla, Brallar, and Egga - Madhon 11:15 ClHcfcana Pont Eat Paapla ■ Butadiat 1200 Adjaum percent in 1987, the 4.6 percent in 1986, and the 9.7 percent in 1978. The fourth quarter drop occurred even as FSIS increased its testing. Some 600 lots of hogs now are tested daily. Checkoff-funded programs have helped educate producers about the correct use of sulfa, with producers deserving much credit for the decline in violations through their self-monitoring of the drug’s use. Reprinted from the February issue of “Pork Report.”. Lowdown on Layers by Owen Keene Associate Professor of Poultry Science Penn State University (1) broilers and broiler breeders, and (2) commercial egg pullets and layers. Tuesday evening, an event which has become tradition al, is the Poultry Products Smor gasbord which features products produced and donated by eight Pennsylvania poultry companies. Other food and refreshments will be available so bring your appetites. Wednesday morning features a biosecurity program relative to the Salmonella issue. The program will conclude on the light side with a very excellent presentation by Walt Buescher. With all the problems we face in agriculture, he brings these to our attention in a humorous fashion. The complete program for the Poultry Sales and Service Confer ence is listed on the next page, along with registration information. » r ' APPLICATION FORM Please enroll me in the Poultry Sales and Service Conference, which will be given at Penn State University, University Park, PA, April 11-12,1989. I understand that I will make my own lodging arrangements. Last Name Street Address City Telephone (area code) Employer Name' Business Address City MAIL TO; | Endoted la ramitlance payabla to Pann Stala AgrteaiWurl Contaranck Coordinator | I Unlvartltytort locovarlhaooatol | I p*rtlclp*nl(*) ki lha Poultry Salta and Sarvtoa UnhraraSw otlT I { Comaranoa. April 11-12,1989. ■_ ___________a Pennsylvanians Show Champions At Ohio Angus Shoi Rains Lady TG2, the late Junior calf winner, was named the grand champion female at the 1989 Ohio Angus Association Super Star Show. Rains Lady wae exhibited by GH2 Angus Associates of York led GH2 Royalty 3248 to the grand champion bull spot at the 1989 Ohio Angus Association Super Star Show held earlier this year in Col umbus. Royalty had already won the early junior calf ribbon. First State Zip Stale Zip Feedback Kills The Packers & Stockyards Administration (P&SA) last week announced it would withdraw its tentative proposal for a program to allow packers to bill producers for carcasses condemned for drug residues. An “intent to withdraw” the bill back proposal was published in the March 16 issue of the “Federal Register.” P&SA Administrator Bill Jones said the intent to withdraw did not, however, “alter the agency’s com mitment to assuring a meat supply free of drug residues.” Jones said both veal and swine producers have made a lot of prog ress in cleaning up residues in recent months, but he said P&SA may have to move later to some increased incentive for some meat groups. P&SA published an “intents to propose” a bill-back program last year. The proposal drew strong negative response from most of the 'l* ™ (I Bill-Back Plan industry. Most packers favored the idea, which would help cut losses when carcasses are condemned by feder al inspectors. Market operators, however, said the proposal would simply dump the problem in their laps in many cases. The National Cattlemen’s Association and other major beef organizations also had opposed the program. Jones said that 87 percent of the industry comments received on the intent to propose were negative. Problems most commonly cited concerned animal trace-back and establishing where in the produc tion and marketing chain the con tamination had occurred. Jones also noted that packed now have the right to seek com* pensation from producers who market contaminated animals that later are condemned. Reprinted from the March 16 issue of “Drovers Journal.”
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