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Mar 31, 2021 20 States Support Meat Institute’s Challenge to the Constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12 Twenty states filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the petition filed by the North American Meat Institute challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12... more...
Mar 23, 2021 Meat Purchases and Confidence at Record Highs Americans are buying more beef, pork, poultry, and lamb than ever as increased time at home during the pandemic sent meat grocery sales soaring by 20% (IRI) from 2019 to 2020. more...
Mar 22, 2021 COVID AT One Year: Infections in Meat Sector 85% Lower than General Population with Urgent Need to Accelerate Vaccination Nearly one year after the first reported cases of COVID-19 among meat and poultry workers, comprehensive protections have brought case rates to just 2.67 cases per day per 100,000 workers ... more...
Mar 8, 2021 North American Meat Institute Calls on Biden Administration to Ensure Meat and Poultry Workers are Vaccinated As some states begin to vaccinate essential meat and poultry workers, The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today called for the Biden Administration’s help in ensuring ... more...
Mar 2, 2021 COVID-19: Meat Worker Case Rates More Than 5 Times Lower than General Population The latest analysis of independent data reveals that COVID-19 infection rates among meat and poultry workers are more than five times lower than in the general U.S. population, 95% lower than peak case rates in the sector from May 2020. more...
Feb 26, 2021 North American Meat Institute Asks Supreme Court to Review Case Against California’s Prop 12 The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court of the United States to review an earlier ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ... more...
Feb 23, 2021 North American Meat Institute Welcomes Confirmation of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Julie Anna Potts, President and CEO of the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), today congratulated U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on his confirmation and issued the following statement ... more...
Feb 22, 2021 North American Meat Institute Statement on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today released the following statement regarding HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver: more...
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