Properly Prepared Beef Remains Safe Meat Institute Calls For Guidance to Protect Workers at Beef Facilities

As the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a nationwide order including requiring lactating dairy cows to test negative for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) before interstate transport, the Meat Institute today said that properly prepared beef remains safe to eat and called for USDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide worker safety guidance specific to beef processors to ensure workers are protected from infection.

Meat Institute's Gallimore to Serve on USDA's National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection

WASHINGTON, DC - The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today announced Casey Lynn Gallimore, Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs at the Meat Institute, was appointed to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI).

Meat Institute and AMPS Innovation Send Joint Letter to USDA on Mandatory Labeling for Cell-Based/Cultured Meat & Poultry Products

WASHINGTON, DC - The North American Meat Institute and the Alliance for Meat, Poultry and Seafood Innovation (AMPS Innovation), an industry coalition representing the makers of cell-based/cultured meat, poultry and seafood today sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, calling on the agency to support mandatory labeling of cell-based/cultured meat and poultry products and to solicit input on what that labeling should look like through an Advance Notice of Public Rulemaking.

North American Meat Institute Creates Industry-Wide Food Safety Equipment Design Principles

WASHINGTON, DC - The North American Meat Institute released new industry-wide "Food Safety Equipment Design Principles" for all equipment used in meat and poultry establishments to address food safety hazards.

"Collaboration from all aspects of sanitation, design, engineering and production contributed to the development of the Principles," said Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts. "They will serve as a valuable resource benefitting the entire industry as we continue innovation in food safety," said Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts.

North American Meat Institute: Meat and Poultry Industry to Assist USDA in Reducing Salmonella Infections

CONTACT: NAMI: Sarah Little (443) 440-0029

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new national goal of reducing Salmonella illnesses by 25 percent and committed to continue working with USDA and other groups to achieve the shared goal of reducing Salmonella infections.

North American Meat Institute Applauds Nomination of Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban to Serve as Under Secretary for Food Safety

CONTACT: Sarah Little (443) 440-0029

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2021

 

WASHINGTON, DC -- Julie Anna Potts, President and CEO of the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), today congratulated Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban on his nomination to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Under Secretary for Food Safety:

NAMI Calls for Swift Senate Approval of Esteban, Taylor and McKalip Nominations

WASHINGTON, DC - The North American Meat Institute (NAMI or the Meat Institute) called for swift consideration of three nominations critical to the meat and poultry industry pending before the full Senate: Jose Emilio Esteban to be Undersecretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, Alexis Taylor to be Undersecretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and Doug McKalip, nominated to be Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

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