FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011

Two-day food safety course for small producers interested
in marketing rabbit meat has been canceled

RALEIGH -- Organizers of a two-day food safety course geared toward rabbit producers interested in selling rabbit meat have canceled the class in Western N.C. The course was originally scheduled for May 3 and 4 at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River and was being hosted by N.C. State University’s Poultry Science Department and the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.|

A similar workshop may be held in the future. Anyone interested in learning more about upcoming workshops should check the websites www.ncagr.gov/markets/agribiz/ or www.ncagr.gov/fooddrug/foodsafety/index.htm for updates.

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