A1 CAGO statement of work.docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

CANADA GOOSE PROCESSING

The USDA-WS staff shall deliver Canada geese to the processing facility up to five days per week during June and July. The processor shall allow the USDA –WS to deliver the geese between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM. The processor must have suitable enclosures to hold the live geese until they are euthanized and processed and must provide food and water for the geese while in the enclosure. Geese will not be held longer than 24 hours prior to processing. The processor(s) must be able to euthanize and process large numbers of geese in a short period of time. The estimated quantity of goose processing is 2,000 - 4,500 geese per year, to be split as needed among 2 or more processing facilities based on location. The processor is only required to process goose breast meat, not the entire bird. Meat shall be placed in packages weighing up to five pounds. The packaged meat shall be frozen for a period up to 1 month until collected by USDA-WS or a recipient designated by USDA-WS. The meat from processed Canada geese will not be kept for personal consumption, sold, or distributed by the processor and will be kept refrigerated or frozen until collected by USDA. The processor shall be responsible for the disposal of all waste byproducts from the processing of geese.