Food Safety for Poultry and Rabbit Producers Class Schedule 2025 & 2026

Upcoming Class Dates:

October 28, 2025 | 9:30am - 2:30pm | In-person | Portsmouth, NH

December 2 & 4, 2025 |  6pm - 8pm | Online

February 10 & 12, 2026 | 6pm - 8pm | Online

New Hampshire producers can sell poultry and rabbits (up to 20,000 whole poultry and 1,000 whole rabbits per calendar year) directly to NH restaurants without USDA inspection. NH producers can also sell rabbits (up to an additional 1,000 whole rabbits) to consumers from their farm, farm stand, or farmers market booth. For producers to legally sell their products in any of these ways, they must complete this initial certification course with UNH Cooperative Extension and recertify after five years.

Topics include:

• Regulations on selling poultry & rabbits
• Health of Animals
• Facilities & Equipment
• Personal Hygiene
• Cleaning & Sanitizing
• Temperature Control
• Labeling & Recordkeeping
• Steps to Certification

Guest speakers include:

• Royann Bossidy, New Hampshire DHHS, Food Protection Section
• Thomas Collaro, USDA Food Safety & Inspection Services
• Ann Hamilton, Food Safety Field Specialist from UNH Extension
• Katrina Klobucher, Livestock Production Field Specialist from UNH Extension
• Kathleen Wadiak, Wildlife Damage Biologist, NH Fish and Game

For questions or for persons with financial difficulties requiring special accommodations, please contact Ann Hamilton at UNH Extension, Ann.hamilton@unh.edu (603) 447-3834, prior to the event.

If you need an accommodation to participate in our programming, please contact Ann Hamilton, ann.hamilton@unh.edu or 603-447-3834, prior to the event. Given ample time, we will make any reasonable effort to meet your needs, including language access services if requested, which will be provided free of charge.