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Jan 22, 2021 North American Meat Institute’s Mark Dopp Inducted into Meat Industry Hall of Fame The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today announced Mark Dopp, Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, and General Counsel for the Meat Institute was inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame. more...
Jan 12, 2021 TRACKING COVID-19: MEAT AND POULTRY WORKER CASE RATES FIVE TIMES LOWER IN DECEMBER THAN JUNE, GENERAL POPULATION NINE TIMES HIGHER New analysis of independent data for 2020 show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were five times lower in December than in May, while rates in the general population rocketed up by nine times in the same period. more...
Dec 23, 2020 New Data Show COVID-19 Case Rates for Meat and Poultry Workers More than 8 Times Lower than General Population New analysis of independent data for the full month of November show that reported new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were more than 8 times lower than rates in the general population. more...
Dec 23, 2020 UFCW, Meat Institute Call on Governors in All 50 States to Prioritize Vaccination of Frontline Meat & Poultry Workers Today, the nation’s largest union for meatpacking workers and the association representing meat producers joined forces to urge all 50 U.S. governors to urgently prioritize COVID-19 vaccination for frontline... more...
Dec 23, 2020 Meat Institute Remains Focused on Facts Not Fake News Commenting on reports of an imposter duping Fox News, Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts said: “While fringe groups waste time on selfish publicity and pranks, Smithfield and other Meat Institute members have successfully reversed the pandemic's impact with measures that have cut... more...
Dec 20, 2020 CDC Agrees: Frontline Meat & Poultry Workers High Priority for COVID-19 Vaccination Frontline meat and poultry workers should be amongst the first to be vaccinated after health care workers and those in long-term care facilities, according to federal guidance approved today by the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Priority (ACIP). more...
Dec 16, 2020 Meat Institute’s Challenge of California’s Prop 12 Receives Key Support of Federal Government & 20 States The North American Meat Institute’s (Meat Institute) lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12 (Prop 12) received key support from the federal government and 20 states with the filing of two amicus briefs. more...
Dec 10, 2020 Meat Institute Welcomes Growing Support for Prioritizing Vaccines for Frontline Meat and Poultry Workers Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) joined a growing chorus of support for prioritizing COVID-19 vaccination for frontline meat and poultry workers. more...
Dec 10, 2020 Meat Institute Applauds Biden’s Choice for U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai The Meat Institute supports President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), which was confirmed by numerous sources familiar with Biden’s transition team. more...
Dec 10, 2020 Meat Institute Issues Statement on Biden Selection of Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of Ag Julie Anna Potts, president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute, today issued the following statement on President-Elect Joe Biden’s selection of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ... more...
Dec 8, 2020 NAMI, NCBA, NPPC: After Healthcare Workers, Essential Meat and Poultry Workers High Priority for COVID Vaccine The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), and the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) urged the nation’s governors to highly prioritize COVID-19 vaccination ... more...
Dec 3, 2020 After Healthcare Workers, Essential Meat and Poultry Workers High Priority for COVID Vaccine The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today urged federal authorities to highly prioritize COVID-19 vaccination for the men and women who work in the meat and poultry industry, following healthcare workers and those in long term care facilities. more...
Dec 3, 2020 Meat Institute Congratulates Rep. Scott on Chairmanship of House Ag Committee The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today released the following statement from Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts applauding the House Democratic Caucus’s nomination of U.S. Representative David Scott more...
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