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Meat & Poultry Ontario Celebrates 10 Years of Ontario’s Finest Butcher Competition

An Unforgettable Journey of Craftmanship and Innovation Ontario’s Finest Butcher Competition, a prestigious event that has elevated the art of butchery and showcased the remarkable skills of Ontario’s artisans, is proudly celebrating its 10th anniversary. This milestone event honours the craftsmanship, innovation, and local food culture that make Ontario’s Finest Butcher Competition truly exceptional. Franco

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New funding expands processing space dashboard for farmers and abattoirs

AgSights and Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO) are launching an expansion of a digital dashboard that links farmers looking for processing space with abattoirs that have immediate availability or are accepting future bookings. The technical enhancements to Processor Links, launched last year by AgSights and Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO), are designed to add more

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Attention Ontario Burger Processors! Show Your Skills at Ontario’s Ultimate Burger Competition

  Meat & Poultry Ontario is excited to announce the launch of Ontario’s Ultimate Burger Competition, where the unsung heroes of the burger world, the processors, will take center stage. This competition is a unique opportunity for Ontario’s talented burger processors to showcase their expertise and craftsmanship in creating the perfect patty. We are on

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Meat & Poultry Ontario Welcomes Board of Directors following Annual General Meeting in Guelph

Kevin Schinkel, President of Meat & Poultry Ontario officially kicked off our 43rd held April 19 in Guelph. Kevin is the owner and operator of Schinkel’s Legacy, a family-owned meat processing plant in Chatham Ontario. Kevin is known for his innovative approach to meat processing and his commitment to sustainability. He is always looking for

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New Centre for Meat Innovation and Technology (CMIT) dedicated to advancing and strengthening the Canadian meat processing sector

CMIT is the only Canadian meat processing hub bringing together skills development, knowledge, collaboration, technology, innovation and research to make meat processing industry more successful GUELPH, ONTARIO – April 18, 2023: A new Centre for Meat Innovation and Technology (CMIT) was officially launched today by Meat and Poultry Ontario to help Canadian processors collaborate, find

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Handtmann® substantiates growth course with new assembly hall

Biberach, 21st February 2023 – The Filling and Portioning Systems division (F&P) of Handtmann invests around 14 million euros in the construction of a new assembly hall. The specialist in and market leader for end-to-end technology solutions in the food processing sector is part of the widely diversified Handtmann Group of Companies. With a symbolic

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AgScape Partners with Meat & Poultry Ontario to Introduce a Meat & Poultry Processing Resource for Ontario Educators

AgScape, a leader in innovative agriculture and food education for educators and students across Ontario, is proud to launch its curriculum-linked resource, Meat & Poultry Processing in Ontario, Teacher’s Guide for Grades 7-12, in collaboration with Meat & Poultry Ontario on Canada’s Agriculture Day.   This comprehensive resource includes a Teacher’s Guide, providing an overview

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Meat & Poultry Ontario celebrates Ontario’s Finest in the meat processing industry

Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO) had plenty to celebrate at the 2022 Red Carpet Awards Gala hosted in Niagara Falls earlier this month. The biennial event recognizes processors that produce award-winning, artisanal meats for Ontarians and honours the families of people that make up the association and their commitment to our industry. The night concluded

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Doug Easterbrook named Ontario’s Finest Butcher

Simcoe butcher brings home the black jacket Doug Easterbrook of Townsend Butchers, Simcoe took home the title of Ontario’s Finest Butcher (OFBC) in a competition hosted by Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO) in October. Easterbrook is a 4-time veteran to the competition who also competed at the World Butcher Challenge as part of team Canada

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New initiative helps farmers find processing space for livestock

Guelph ON: September 29, 2022 – A new digital dashboard is hoping to make the process of finding available processing space at abattoirs in Ontario simpler for farmers. AgSights and Meat and Poultry Ontario have launched Processor Links, an online tool that provides alternatives by making it easier to connect farmers looking for processing space

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What is Food Fraud and Why is it Important

By Aniket Choudhuri Food fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation of food products for the purpose of economic gain. This can be done in several ways, such as: mislabelling or selling a low-quality product as a premium product and adulterating or mixing premium products with less expensive ingredients. It can pose serious health risks if, for

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Is Your Facility Audit Ready?

By Aniket Choudhuri If your company had an audit today, would you pass with flying colors? “Audit ready, everyday” should be the goal for every company. A robust written program, record-keeping requirements and overall compliant facility conditions should be part of the normal operating conditions. For most companies, sustaining those compliant conditions all year round

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