(U.S.) More further-processors are turning to North American Meat Processors Association (NAMP) and other meat and poultry associations for education and training on how to respond to the recent FSIS action declaring the “Big 6” non-O157 STECs as “adulterants.”
This follows FSIS initiatives earlier this year on Salmonella and Campylobacter.
The economic pressures on further-processors are intense. Although it is right to combat these pathogens, additional testing will add to production costs at a time when every saved penny counts. Further-processors are turning to NAMP and other associations for timely and cost-effective help on food safety.
Last year, NAMP made a strategic decision to make food-safety education one of its top strategic priorities. This year, NAMP organized or partnered on eight food-safety education events to help its members and the entire industry. Four of them were brand new.
In 2012, NAMP will conduct nine food-safety education events. All are partnerships with other industry trade associations, not only in the U.S., but in Canada and Mexico as well. NAMP will either take the lead in organizing them, or partner with other associations on events they organize.
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