Fact Sheets Fact sheets provide a snapshot of the industry, its products and our issues, challenges and achievements. Animal Handling Animal Handling and Welfare in Meat Plants Products Derived From Animals Religious Slaughter BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE or 'Mad Cow Disease') Questions and Answers About BSE and Beef Safety Testing for BSE: What it Can, and Cannot Accomplish Chart: U.S. BSE Prevention Strategies Industry Structure Livestock Marketing Marketing Integration in the Meat Industry Studies of U.S. Red Meat Industry Structure: A Summary Vertical Integration and Marketing Agreements Between Packers and Producers: The Trends International Trade The U.S. Meat and Poultry Industry Asian Export Markets European Export Markets Latin American Export Markets Low-Oxygen Modified Atmosphere Packaging Systems with CO Carbon Monoxide in Meat Packaging: Myths and Facts Case Ready Meats/Modified Atmosphere Packaging Statements from Scientists Concerning Carbon Monoxide Potential Foodborne Microbial Pathogens Campylobacter E.coli O157:H7 Listeria Microbiological Testing in the Meat and Poultry Industry Pathogen Control in Ground Beef Other AMI Fact Sheets Avian Influenza: Questions and Answers Consumer Implications of Beef and Protein Prices Changes Country-of-Origin Labeling Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) Facts on Biotech Crops - Impact on Meat, Milk and Eggs Food Security in the Meat and Poultry Industry Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Irradiation Line Speeds in Meat and Poultry Plants Meat Derived by Advanced Meat Recovery Organic and Natural Meat Products Sodium Nitrite: The Facts Sanitary Equipment Design Hormones in Beef The U.S. Meat and Poultry Inspection System: An Overview U.S. Meat and Poultry Production and Consumption: An Overview Worker Safety in the Meat and Poultry Industry The above documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat in order to view. For a free download, click here.   © 2006 Sperling Industries Ltd.  |  All Rights Reserved.  |  Privacy Policy Head Office: 51 Station St., Box 100, Sperling, Manitoba, Canada, R0G 2M0 Phone: 1-204-626-3401  |  Toll Free: 1-877-626-3401  |   Fax: 1-204-626-3252  |  Email: sperling@sperlingind.com