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State officials to investigate meat seller

...whether a company has violated a previous settlement that required its owner and his agents to end deceptive practices. Kevin Elfering became suspicious when a pair of salesman from Farmers Pride Meat Co. knocked on his door, trying to sell him choice...

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State shuts Hmong slaughterhouse in Hugo

...Lee's site for religious ceremonies involving the slaughter of cattle that they say they can't perform elsewhere. Kevin Elfering, a meat, poultry and egg inspection supervisor with the Minnesota Agriculture Department, said Lee's business...

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Some say deer processing a big hole in the nation's food safety net

...We have some meat processors in the state that will cut up more than 2,000 deer during deer season," said Kevin Elfering, director of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Meat, Poultry and Egg Inspection Division. "Many of these...

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Fledgling meat program helps small Minnesota farmers make a big profit

...farmers. The inspection program came from a desire to improve food safety and help family farmers compete, said Kevin Elfering, the program's director. USDA funds 50 percent of the program, while nominal license fees and state funding pays...

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Farm
E. coli death traced to food at church supper in Longville

...Albert Lea that gets its meat from four different processors operating at least eight different slaughterhouses. Kevin Elfering, director of the dairy and food division of the Minnesota Agriculture Department, said the Albert Lea distributor...

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State meat inspections benefit small livestock producers, processors

...they're wrong, and it's not that they're evil, they're just not good at dealing with guys like us.'' Kevin Elfering is the meat inspection supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. He said the USDA is geared toward...

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Fledgling meat program helps small Minnesota farmers make a big profit

...farmers. The inspection program came from a desire to improve food safety and help family farmers compete, said Kevin Elfering, the program's director. USDA funds 50 percent of the program, while nominal license fees and state funding pays...

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'DEVASTATING'

...commence regulatory sanctions" if he continues to allow people to shoot elk on his farm. The letter, signed by Kevin Elfering, interim director of the meat inspection division, said, in part, "Please be advised that the Minnesota Department...

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Changing the dairy case one carton at a time

...sustainable agriculture farmers are taking a very innovative approach to get in control of their own destiny," said Kevin Elfering, director of dairy, food and meat inspection for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. "We're hoping that...

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Farm
Scoreboard

...training coordinator; Jimmy Southard to trainer for Durham (IL); Joel Smith to trainer for Montgomery (SL) and Kevin Elfering to East Coast crosschecker. National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Agreed to terms with 1B Josh Phelps on a minor...

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