The Turkey Farmers of Ontario was involved in a new project from May 2012 to June 2013 with the focus of Building a Value Chain Partnership for the Development of New, Healthy, Turkey Sausage for Foodservice. The main objectives of this project was to create a new, healthy Ontario turkey sausage for the foodservice industry, taste panels were conducted to evaluate the product, and piloted the product in a foodservice environment. Sustainable packaging was  also explored. THE RESULT A FULLY COOKED ITALIAN TURKEY SAUSAGE using 2/3 white meat, is  gluten free, lower in sodium and lower in fat. It is now available for the food service market.          http://www.ont-turkey.on.ca/main.cfm?id=0CA9D652-9775-3A6D-A877C04BCD0258F1

CAAP Hayters TFO Tom, Ruthie and Jane Aug 2013CAAP project TFO and LL (2)