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[Brendan Triplett]

Hey all,

 

Looking at a customer right now that wants to store animal hides, not for human or animal consumption, before they are exported to the EU.  I am working with APHIS to get the documentation in order but I am being told that hides are a messy business to get involved in and that it may adjust some of the controls that I have in place for food safety and allergens since they are salt-packed and/or dusty.  I would have other retail food product stored in the same room kept at 0 degrees F.  Anyone have experience with animal hides that can give me some info?  I am not manufacturing.  Only storing prior to export.  

 

Cheers!

[Scampi]

Have they told you how they would be packed, and whether or not they have been tanned before you receive them?

[Brendan Triplett]

They will be packed in gaylords and covered in plastic.  I told them that I won't handle them if they are stacked like carcasses (that is way too much trouble).  Not sure if they are pre-tanned though.  I will check.

[Brendan Triplett]

Hey all, 

These are the specifics.  Actually seems ok after I got the clarification.:

 

The hides are "fleshed", meaning the hair side is still intact, but the connective tissue has been removed from the underside.  They are not tanned.  They are folded and placed in heat sealed bags ~25lbs each.  12-13 of these bags are stacked inside cardboard boxes, and 3 boxes are placed on a plastic pallet.

[Scampi]

The only real risk then is going to be pest control!

[Setanta]

I'm only asking out of ignorance, so my apologies if this seems silly, but do they need any kind of temperature control?

[Brendan Triplett]

They are coming in and shipping frozen.  Each case has a temperature data logger.  Very interesting process.

 

Cheers!

[Brendan Triplett]

Hey all, update on this.  Certification finished for export.  Product is all packed in primary and secondary packaging so it is really only time and temperature for me to store.  Successful and VERY clean operation.  Thanks for all the assists!

 

Cheers!