Education

The education sector is very important to the meat industry because interest in meat industry careers often start in high school or at the collegiate level. Improving meat product sales often depends on having knowledgeable retail employees that can answer consumer questions and make product and cooking suggestions. Much of the Meattrack.com website can be used for education and training meat industry participants.

4-H and FFA organizations could use the Institutional Meat Purchase Specification (IMPS) and Uniform Retail Meat Identity Standards (URMIS) resources to aid the learning curve around meat nomenclature, primal locations and cut identification. IMPS provides the product specifications for wholesale and foodservice cuts for beef, pork, lamb, and veal products - URMIS is the industry standard for labeling retail meat cuts - MeatTrack.com has a complete section dedicated to IMPS and URMIS.

The meat industry has unique products, processes, and terminology. For that reason, MeatTrack.com has a complete dictionary with industry wide terms and definitions. The easy-to-use searchable index is fast and convenient with all the information in one place that can help reduce the learning curve. Check it out here!

MeatTrack.com has a Training Tools menu loaded with information about package standards, package sizes, bar codes, brands and traceability guidelines -
Need to understand labeling for fresh meat products? MeatTrack.com has a complete menu option designated to labeling fresh meat products -

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