Abstractthe purpose of the federal food safety inspection upgrade - phase i is for neighbors meats LLC to become a federally inspected slaughtering and processed meats retail facility with the end…

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Neighbors Meats LLC a $200,000 Project Grant under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – Supplemental Funding program (CFDA 10.180). The grant will support Neighbors Meats in becoming a federally inspected slaughtering and meat processing facility serving local customers in New Richland, MN. Funds will be used for FDA food-grade coating in interior coolers, structural roof repairs, replacing sinks to meet federal and state requirements, updating doors and walkways in the kill area, refrigeration updates, and developing an updated Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point plan. The grant period runs from September 30, 2021 through July 31, 2022, enabling Neighbors Meats to make facility improvements and preparations necessary to obtain a Federal "Grant of Inspection" and better serve local meat customers through a federally compliant operation.

Abstractthe purpose of the federal food safety inspection upgrade - phase i is for neighbors meats LLC to become a federally inspected slaughtering and processed meats retail facility with the end goal of serving local meats to local customers. The recently acquired facility needs FDA food-grade coating on interior cooler, structural repairs to the roof, sinks replaced to meet both federal and state requirements, updates doors and walkway in kill, updated, updated refrigeration, and an updated hazard analysis critical control point (haccp) plan.