The Meat and Poultry magazine editorial staff Ranked The Top 10 Universities the last 3 years. The Meat and Poultry editorial staff have again ranked the nation's leading universities serving the industry this year based on the quality and variety of workshops, conferences, and short courses available at universities throughout the USA. The staff felt that those programs dedicated to continually educating the industry's executives and managers warranted their recognition. The criteria used to make the selections are based on a tiered system that was different this as compared with previous years. Those universities offering short courses for the processing of meat and poultry products, like sausage and marinated meats, for example, garnered the highest scores. Programs devoted to industry-specific issues like food safety or sanitation earned slightly lower scores. Species specific courses were also considered in the evaluations by the editorial staff. The staff emphasized that this ranking should not be compared with those of the past 3 years. The first year of the ranking The Ohio State University ranked ninth but the last two years has not been ranked in the Top 10. This year, however, OSU ranked sixth with the statement in the magazine for OSU reading, "The cornerstone of The Ohio State University's industry education program is the Thermal Processing Ready-To-Eat Meat (R.T.E.) Products Short Course led by Dr. Lynn Knipe. At a time when the U.S. Department of Agriculture is focusing on the food safety of Ready To Eat products, O.S.U. is offering industry managers an opportunity to learn more about the critical factors involved in thermal processing. The course is designed for anyone in the meat industry who is responsible for producing safe R.T.E. meat products. All technical and regulatory aspects of cooking, chilling and post-package handling of R.T.E. meat products are covered. In addition, to the R.T.E. program, OSU also features an extensive lineup of basic and advanced HACCP short courses. The programs allow managers to ensure their plans are in compliance with the latest changes in federal regulations." The rankings of the other Top 10 Universities are: 1) Iowa State University, 2) Texas A&M University, 3) University of Arkansas, 4) Kansas State University, 5) University of Georgia, 7) Oklahoma State University, 8) Colorado State University, 9) Texas Tech University, and 10) Auburn University. This makes The Ohio State University the only Big 10 university that was ranked in the Top 10.

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