North American Meat Institute

North American Meat Institute: Grassley-Fischer Bill is Still a Government Mandate on Producers

March 31, 2022 North American Meat Institute

The North American Meat Institute said the latest version of the Grassley-Fischer government mandate bill is now more onerous and more irrelevant as market driven prices for cattle producers have steadily risen to seven-year highs. …

North American Meat Institute to House Judiciary: Meat & Poultry Industry not to Blame for Inflation

January 19, 2022 North American Meat Institute

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today said consumers saw increased meat prices in 2021 because of labor shortages, greater consumer demand, supply chain problems and other factors experienced by most sectors of the economy. …

Meat Institute Announces Ambitious Climate Target, Releases Sustainability Framework

November 15, 2021 North American Meat Institute

The North American Meat Institute (the Meat Institute) announced that 100% of its members will have delivered independently approved science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets in line with the Paris Climate Agreement goals by 2030. …

Meat Institute Joins U.S.-led Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition, Submits Protein PACT to Food Systems Summit

September 29, 2021 North American Meat Institute

The North American Meat Institute announced that it will join the U.S. government-led multistakeholder Coalition of Action on Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation to be launched by the Biden administration at the UN Food Systems Summit. …

North American Meat Institute Calls for Moratorium on Prop 12 Enforcement

August 31, 2021 North American Meat Institute

With California’s Proposition 12’s (Prop 12) January 1, 2022, effective date for pork looming and the rules implementing the law nearly two years late and far from final, the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today called for a moratorium on enforcement to allow those subject to the law time to comply. …