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• May 8, 2013 American Meat Institute Releases Video Tour of Pork Plant Hosted By Animal Welfare Expert Temple Grandin, Ph.D. The American Meat Institute (AMI) today released a video tour of a pork slaughter plant hosted by leading animal welfare expert Temple Grandin, Ph.D., professor of animal science at Colorado State University. The video is available on the Institute’s dedicated animal welfare Web site...    more...
• May 2, 2013 American Meat Institute Unveils New Facebook Page That Speaks Universal Language: ‘Meat’ New Page Debuts as a Central Location for Carnivores to Celebrate Meat   Washington, D.C. May 2, 2013— Meat.   It has been a part of our diets for millions of years. It inspires celebration from bacon festivals to Meat Week to meat art and now it has inspired a...    more...
• May 1, 2013 Livestock and Poultry Groups Provide Comments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the Negative Impact of the RFS WASHINGTON D.C.——Seven livestock and poultry groups submitted comments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the negative effects the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) has had on agriculture, including the high cost of feed facing livestock and poultry producers. The comments answer...    more...
• Apr 30, 2013 Consumer Reports Ground Turkey Testing Shows Remarkable Food Safety Profile for Nutritious Product Microbiological testing of ground turkey conducted by Consumer Reports yielded findings that show a high level of turkey safety. While the magazine chooses to focus today’s story on four bacteria their labs did find, the more important story is about the pathogenic bacteria of public health...    more...
• Apr 23, 2013 U.S. Meat and Poultry Products Are Safe; New Report's Focus on Meat and Poultry Only Lacks Total Diet Context U.S. meat and poultry companies produce 90 billion pounds of meat and poultry products a year and 99.99 percent of these are consumed safely.    more...
• Apr 15, 2013 American Meat Institute Applauds U.S.-Japan Agreement on Japan’s Participation in Trans-Pacific Partnership J. Patrick Boyle, president and CEO, American Meat Institute, today issued the following statement in response to reports that the USTR and Japan have reached agreement in bi-lateral trade talks. The agreement paves the way for Japan’s entry in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as early as July.    more...
• Apr 10, 2013 American Meat Institute Tells USDA That New Country-of-Origin Labeling Proposed Rule That Purports to ‘Fix’ the Original Is Even Worse A USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) March 12 proposed rule on country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat and poultry products that claims to bring the U.S. into compliance with its obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) is far more burdensome than the original 2009 rule now...    more...
• Apr 7, 2013 Red Meat Remains Healthy Part of a Balanced Diet; New Study Should Not Impact Dietary Habits Attribute Statement to AMI Foundation Chief Scientist Betsy Booren, Ph.D. "Cardiovascular disease or CVD is a complex condition that appears to have a variety of factors associated with it, from genetics to lifestyle. Attempts to link cardiovascular disease to a single compound that is found at...    more...
• Mar 21, 2013 American Meat Institute Praises Congress’ Passage of Consolidated The American Meat Institute (AMI) today praised Congress’ passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 and its inclusion of an amendment sponsored by Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) to direct $55 million to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service...    more...
• Mar 21, 2013 AMIF Recognizes 134 Meat and Poultry Plants for Worker Safety Performance Kansas City, MO — One hundred thirty four meat and poultry plants were recognized today with awards for outstanding safety performance. The awards were presented at the American Meat Institute (AMIF) 2013 Conference on Worker Safety, Human Resources and the Environment, at the Westin Crown...    more...
• Mar 21, 2013 124 Meat and Poultry Plants Honored with Environmental Recognition Awards at Annual Conference The American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF) recognized 124 plants with Environmental Recognition awards during a reception at its annual Conference on Worker Safety, Human Resources and the Environment. The presentation was held during AMIF’s 2013 Conference on Worker Safety, Human Resources...    more...
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