A Wall, South Dakota, meat processing plant is one of over 100 (111) recipients of grants from the US Department of Agriculture through the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant Program.
This round of funding from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service totaled $21.9 million, bringing the total funding for the program to $54.6 million, so far. The monies will help strengthen and develop new market opportunities for meat and poultry processors throughout the United States.
The Wall Meat Processing plant was awarded grant funds to purchase equipment to improve humane handling and enhance food safety measures and efficiencies. The project will help the plant deliver service operations in protein manufacturing to their producers and customers under the Cooperative Interstate Shipping program (CIS). Participating in the CIS program will open the plant to larger markets and add another resource to the food supply chain.
Facility improvements and expansions funded through MPIRG will help processors obtain a Federal Grant of Inspection or qualify for a state’s CIS program. Achieving a Federal Grant of Inspection or operating under a CIS program allows meat and poultry processors to ship products across state lines, develop new markets, increase capacity and better meet consumer and producer demand along the supply chain.
Additional information on MPIRG can be found on AMS’ MPIRG webpage.
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