Directives
- Ante and Post-Mortem Inspection – Operator Responsibilities
- Specified Risk Material (SRM) – Operator Responsibilities
- Use of Appointed Inspector – Operator Responsibilities
- Video Ante-Mortem Inspection – Operator Responsibilities
Guidance documents
- How to write a program: Guidance for slaughter and meat processing operations
- Meat Inspection Regulation: On-Farm Slaughter Operation technical guide
- Pre-operational inspections
- Video Ante-Mortem Inspection: Guidance for producers and abattoir operators
- Video Ante-Mortem Inspection: Instructions on how to access the VAMI online tool to submit a video of an eligible animal (PDF, 229 KB)
- What is an effective sanitation program? Evaluating sanitation practices in your meat facility
- Worker training: How to ensure workers are well trained
- Writing a Hazard Control Plan for Meat Facilities
Other publications
- Alberta Foodborne Illness and Risk Investigation protocol
- Alberta's slaughter licences: A summary of the types of slaughter licences
- Animal Welfare and Handling
- Cleaning and sanitation: On-farm slaughter operations
- Controlling cross-contamination: On-farm slaughter operations
- E.coli O157:H7: On-farm slaughter cross-contamination
- Food Safety Guidebook
- High-risk meat processing
- Listeria monocytogenes: On-farm slaughter cross contamination
- Meat curing
- Processed Meat Products Factsheet
- Safe poultry slaughter: Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter at your on-farm operation
- Selecting a food safety consultant
- Transportation and storage for licensed meat facilities
Training
- A Food Manufacturer’s Guide to Allergies and Gluten (video)
- Alberta Food Processors Association courses
- Allergen Recalls: What Can You Afford to Lose? (video)
- Allergen Testing for Food Processing Plants (video)
- HACCP: Making Food Products Safe Part 1 (video)
- HACCP: Making Food Products Safe Part 2 (video)
Business services
- Alberta Agricultural Processing Industry Directory
- Food and bio-processing value-added facilities and services
Associations
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