Fact Sheets

INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE

• The United States Meat Industry (Download Pocketbook PDF)
• The Economic Impact of the Meat Industry in the United States
  

CURED AND PROCESSED MEAT SAFETY

• Diet and Cancer Research
• Sodium Nitrite: The Facts
• Salt Use in Meat and Poultry Products
• Medem Medical Library: The Safety of Sodium Nitrite in Cured Meats
• Statistical Assessment Center (STATS) Article on Processed and Cured Meat Safety
• The Truth About the Alleged Hot Dog and Cancer Connection

ANIMAL HANDLING

• Animal Welfare in Packing Plants: An Overview
• Products Derived From Animals
• Religious Slaughter
• Organic and Natural Meat Products

BSE

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE or "Mad Cow Disease")
• BSE: Questions and Answers About Beef Safety
• Testing BSE: What It Can and Cannot Accomplish
• Q&A: Safety of Beef Products Containing Bone or Bone Fragments
• Timeline of European and U.S. BSE Developments
• Chart: U.S. BSE Prevention Strategies

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• Livestock Marketing
• Studies of U.S. Red Meat Industry Structure: A Summary

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• The U.S. Meat and Poultry Industry
• European Union
• Latin America

• LOW-OXYGEN MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING SYSTEMS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)
• Ground Beef Shelf Life Guide
• Carbon Monoxide in Meat Packaging: Myths and Facts
• Case Ready Meats/Modified Atmosphere Packaging
• Statements from Scientists Concerning the Safety and Quality of Low Oxygen Modified Atmosphere Packaging with Carbon Monoxide
• Letter from Dr. Melvin C. Hunt, Kansas State University, to the Food and Drug Administration, July 26, 2006
• Letter from Dr. Oddvin Sorheim, Norwegian Food Research Institute, to the Food and Drug Administration, September 6, 2006
• Low-Oxygen Packaging with CO: A Study in Food Politics That Warrants Peer Review, Randall D. Huffman, Ph.D. and Janet M. Riley, Food Safety Magazine, December 2006/January 2007

POTENTIAL FOODBORNE MICROBIAL PATHOGENS

• Campylobacter
• E. coli O157:H7
• Listeria
• Microbiological Testing
• Pathogen Control in Ground Beef

WORKFORCE PROFILE

• Employment and Wages in the Meat Industry
• Foreign-Born Workers in the Meat and Poultry Industry
• Line Speeds in Meat and Poultry Plants
• Worker Safety in the Meat and Poultry Industry

OTHER AMI FACT SHEETS

• Avian Influenza: Questions and Answers
• Climate Change and Animal Agriculture: The Facts (Download PDF)
• Environmental Sustainability
• Food Defense in the Meat and Poultry Industry
• Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
• Grilling and Hetrocyclic Amines
• Hormones in Cattle Production
• Irradiation
• Meat Derived by Advanced Meat Recovery
• Organic and Natural Meat Products
• Sanitary Equipment Design
• U.S. Meat and Poultry Inspection System Overview
•  U.S. Meat and Poultry Production and Consumption: An Overview