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For Use Beginning 01/01/2025
The Agency has decided to no longer enforce the current Code of Vermont Regulations, which prohibit curing, smoking, drying, and refining of livestock fats as retail exempt activities. Therefore, the Agency is rescinding Policy MI-001: Specially Processed Meat and Poultry. Instead, the Agency will allow these products to be prepared under 9 CFR 303.1(d)(2)(i) which recognizes curing, smoking, drying, and refining of livestock fats as retail exempt activities. 6 VSA 3305(8) adopts the federal meat inspection regulations and federal poultry inspection regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 3, 9 C.F.R. §§ 300.1 et seq., together with any amendments, supplements, or revisions to the regulations

For Use Beginning 1/2/2025
This directive provides the procedures that inspection program personnel (IPP) are to follow when foreign material such as metal, plastic, rubber, glass, wood, steel, or lead shot is found in meat or poultry products. This Directive has been revised in its entirety to remove previous obsolete task terminology and instructions are reformatted for consistency and readability.

For use beginning 1/25/2025
This notice provides instructions for inspection program personnel (IPP) to notify meat and poultry establishments that an updated guideline for retained water is now available. This guideline provides formulas and examples for calculating retained water in products and recommendations to ensure the retained water protocol (RWP) provides accurate data for labeling determinations.