One unified voice for meat and poultry companies, large and small.
Spotlight
News Articles
Press Releases
Meat's Case Blog
NHDSC Adds to Successful Promotion Efforts.
Aug 2, 2019
Following a busy National Hot Dog Day that generated nearly 500 million impressions online, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) received additional positive media hits last week.
read more
Latest Foundation Quarterly Report Now Available.
Aug 2, 2019
The latest quarterly report of the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education (Foundation) is available here.
read more
China Approves Several Domestic Companies to Buy U.S. Products At No or Lower Tariffs.
Aug 2, 2019
The Chinese government approved several domestic companies to buy U.S. products - including cotton, corn, sorghum and pork - with lower or no retaliatory tariffs.
read more
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Confirms: Meat and Poultry Industry Achieves Lowest-Ever Rates for Worker Injuries & Illnesses
Nov 12, 2019
U.S. meat and poultry packers and processors continued to make significant progress in workplace safety reaching an all-time low rate of worker injuries and illnesses in 2018 according to a newly released Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report.
read more
North American Meat Institute Scholarship Foundation Announces 2019-2020 Scholarship Recipients
Sep 26, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC -- The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) Scholarship Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2019-2020 undergraduate scholarship awards. Eleven high-performing undergraduate students received a combined total of $55,000 to pursue degrees in animal, meat and food science, and in culinary arts.
read more
Meat Institute Applauds U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement
Sep 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today applauded the Trump Administration for securing a trade agreement with Japan, the top value market for U.S. beef and pork exports.
read more
Mighty Earth’s Mighty Miss
By NAMI On August 3, 2017
This week the environmental activist group Mighty Earth issued a report titled “Mystery Meat II: The Industry Behind the Quiet Destruction of the American Heartland,” which seeks to blame the meat industry for any real or perceived environmental impact it can find... read more
Lessons on Processed Meat and Cancer
By Eric Mittenthal On May 8, 2017
It is rare that I sit in a session at a conference and am riveted by the entire presentation. But that was the case when David Klurfeld, Ph.D., USDA’s National Program Leader for Human Nutrition in the Agricultural Research Service, spoke at our recent Meat Industry... read more
What Happens When You Tell People to Stop Eating Meat
By NAMI On December 27, 2016
What happens when you tell people to stop eating meat? They get mad! And why wouldn’t they? Meat is both delicious and nutrient dense. In 2016, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans confirmed once again that meat can play a key role as part of a healthy diet... read more