American Meat Science Association (AMSA) has announced that Jeff Canavan, Teresa Carpenter, Pat Bourke and Joe Weeden will be the featured speakers in the symposium entitled “Food Waste/Food Insecurity” on Monday, August 16, 2021, during the 74th AMSA Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) hybrid meeting. This session will be sponsored by Nestle Purina.
Jeff Canavan, Deputy Director of the Labeling Program Delivery Staff with Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, and Ms. Teresa Carpenter, Labeling Program Delivery Staff with Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, will kick off this technical session with an overview of “Donations of Meat and Poultry Including Date Labeling.” During their joint talk, Mr. Canavan and Ms. Carpenter will present information provided in the FSIS Guideline to Assist with the Donation of Eligible Meat & Poultry Products to Non-Profit Organizations. This will include products eligible for donation, labeling donated products, and donating products produced under exemptions.