Monthly Archives: October 2013

2014 NAMA Center of the Plate Training® to be held at Texas A&M University, June 3-5, 2014

The North American Meat Association (NAMA) has announced its 2014 Center of the Plate Training® to be held at the Rosenthal Meat Center at Texas A&M University on June 3-5, 2014. Registration will be open in January, 2014. For more details, please go to http://meatassociation.com/events/center-of-the-plate-training on the NAMA website.

Country of Origin Labeling in Europe

I am in Italy at the moment, and while shopping at several “supermercati” or supermarkets, I observed how the European Union was handling its version of Country of Origin Labeling. Here are some labels I took photos of, and thanks to Google Translation, I was able to determine what everything means.   Label Translation Veal, age at slaughter: up to 8 months. Born in Ireland Raised in France Slaughtered in France Sectioned in Italy Here is another label: Label Translation Veal, age at slaughter: up to 8 months…. Read More →

Texas A&M Students Win AABP Quiz Bowl Championship – Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

We congratulate Bryan Weaver, a former B.S. animal science student and meat judging team member, and John David Nicholson, a former B.S. and M.S. student in the Meat Science Section, Department of Animal Science, for their accomplishments in this quiz bowl competition.  JWS The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Student Quiz Bowl team from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) won the national quiz bowl competition at the 46th Annual Conference of the AABP on Friday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The team members… Read More →

2014 Introductory HACCP Courses and Beyond Basic Workshops announced

The 2014 dates for Introductory HACCP Course and Beyond Basics: HACCP Plan Improvement Workshop have been set.  All courses are taught in the Kleberg Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Introductory HACCP Course May 6-7, 2014 August 28-29, 2014 December 2-3, 2014 Beyond Basics: HACCP Plan Improvement Workshop May 8-9, 2014 November 6-7, 2014 For more information, contact Tiffany Walsingham at 979-862-3643 or twalsingham@tamu.edu.