Idk, depends on what cert we can get from USDA or FDA and also depends on the retail outlet. Depending on completely arbitrary conditions, meat products either fall under USDA or FDA inspection guidelines. And both have their own set of regulations. As they interprete federal law a bit differently. I don't know how to navigate USDA at all, luckily my bizz partner does. Basically until we open and declare what our organization is, we won't know who will be inspecting us.
If you are opening a direct to market production you will fall under USDA. Depending on quantity you are subject to inspection once a year. The inspection is a laughable joke. Inspectors are clueless and not nearly as thourough as an individual state entity you deal with if you are selling to a co-op type operation.
For this reason most products marketed as "organic" are not held to nearly as stringent sanitation and chemical guidlines.
As soon as inspection is over, life goes back to whatever you please for 10 mobths so to speak.
If you produce for co-op market as in non organic, mass production, selling to the big names, you are evaluated by state organizations that are way mare stringent and up your ass six times a year at random.
As much as people dont want to believe it, organic will make you sickly long before nonorganic.
I have pulled over 100,000 specimen samples from bulk milk tanks. The highest bacteria counts always came from the amish farms. The lowest came from the bigger farms.
I could tell folks things about milk they wouldn't believe. Yet I drink 5 gallons a week...
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