Press Releases
- Jun 26, 2007 American Meat Institute Launches New Web Site www.TheMarketWorks.org to Demonstrate How the Meat Industry Responds to Input from Customers Institute Says Legislation to Prohibit Meat Companies' Ability to Own or Contract for Livestock Will Dismantle Progress more...
- Jul 29, 2005 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE URGES USDA TO PERMIT IMPORTS OF CANADIAN CATTLE 30 MONTHS AND OLDER (Washington, DC) – The American Meat Institute (AMI) today urged USDA to publish a proposed rule to permit the importation of cattle 30 months of age and older and the beef products derived from such animals. “Many U.S. beef packers that specialize in the slaughter of older animals still... more...
- Jul 11, 2005 AMI PUBLISHES ROLL CALL AD TO HIGHLIGHT NEED TO CEASE ‘GAME PLAYING' ON CATTLE AND BEEF TRADE WITH CANADA Ad Can Be Viewed on Home Page of OpenBeefBorders.com more...
- Jun 9, 2005 AMI SAYS BEEF IS SAFE, FULL CATTLE AND BEEF TRADE WITH CANADA SHOULD BE RESTORED Institute Calls Isolationists' Efforts to Keep Border Closed ‘Economic Suicide’ more...
- May 20, 2005 Border Closed to Canadian Cattle, Beef 600 Days Too Long, AMI Says Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle more...
- May 19, 2005 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE OPENBEEFBORDERS.COM TO HIGHLIGHT CRITICAL NEED TO RESTORE FULL CATTLE AND BEEF TRADE WITH CANADA The American Meat Institute (AMI) today launched www.Openbeefborders.com, a new web site that highlights the urgent need to restore full cattle and beef trade with Canada. Two years ago, following the May 20, 2003, discovery of a case of BSE in Canada, the U.S. suspended cattle and beef trade... more...
- Apr 25, 2005 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE AND SIX OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FILE AMICUS BRIEF IN APPEAL OF INJUNCTION BLOCKING USDA RULE TO EXPAND CATTLE AND BEEF TRADE WITH CANADA Washington, D.C. – The American Meat Institute (AMI), together with six other organizations, submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) appeal of a preliminary injunction against a rule to expand trade in beef and cattle with... more...
- Apr 21, 2005 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE AND SIX OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FILE AMICUS BRIEF IN APPEAL OF INJUNCTION BLOCKING USDA RULE TO EXPAND CATTLE AND BEEF TRADE WITH CANADA Washington, D.C. – The American Meat Institute (AMI), together with six other organizations, submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) appeal of a preliminary injunction against a rule to expand trade in beef and cattle with... more...
- Apr 1, 2005 AMI Files Amicus Brief in Support of NMA on R-CALF Lawsuit Says Closed Border Hurting Thousands of Workers, Entire Meatpacking Industry more...
- Mar 7, 2005 Statement Of the American Meat Institute On U.S. District Court Denial of AMI Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Attribute Statement to AMI Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel, Mark Dopp) "We are extremely disappointed that our motion for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of a May 2003 ban on imports of Canadian cattle has been denied. We have not yet seen the... more...
- Mar 3, 2005 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE EXPRESSES STRONG DISAGREEMENT WITH FACTS DETAILED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT RULING Washington, D.C. – The American Meat Institute (AMI) today expressed its strong disagreement with purported facts included in an opinion issued yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Cebull in the case of R-CALF v. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. In that case, Judge... more...
- Mar 3, 2005 Senate Vote on Canadian Trade "Short-sighted and Harmful to Long-term Economic Interests of U.S.," Says AMI AMI Praises Administration for Principled Stand on Free and Fair Trade more...
- Mar 2, 2005 AMI Disappointed with Ruling, Will Fight For Full Restoration of Beef and Cattle Trade with Canada The following statement should be attributed to J. Patrick Boyle, president and CEO, American Meat Institute. "We are very disappointed with Judge Cebull’s decision today because we believe that Canadian beef is as safe and wholesome as beef produced in this country. In fact, because there is... more...
- Feb 16, 2005 American Meat Institute Launches New Web Site www.animalhandling.org The American Meat Institute (AMI) today unveiled a new web site http://www.animalhandling.org that aims to be a resource for the meat industry, the public and the media about animal handling in meat plants. Included on the new site is the AMI Foundation (AMIF) Recommended Animal Handling... more...
- Feb 9, 2005 Johanns' Statement Confirms the Safety of Canadian Beef and Cattle, Says AMI Next Logical Step is Full Resumption of Trade more...
- Jan 28, 2005 AMI Files Motion Requesting Preliminary Injunction to End Ban on Canadian Cattle No Scientific, Legal, or Logical Reason to Continue the Ban," Says AMI Counsel more...
- Dec 30, 2004 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE FILES CHALLENGE TO CONTINUING BAN ON CANADIAN CATTLE Institute Calls Ban ‘Arbitrary and Capricious' more...
- Dec 29, 2004 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE SAYS CANADIAN TRADE RULE REPRESENTS PROGRESS, BUT FULL CATTLE TRADE IS WARRANTED Science and International Guidelines Suggest that U.S. Should Permit Imports of Canadian Cattle, Regardless of Age more...
- Jul 13, 2004 AMI: U.S. Response to BSE Extraordinary; Reflects Decade Of Planning, Preparation Firewalls, Surveillance Program Exceed International Standards more...
- May 26, 2004 R-CALF's Continued Attacks on Canadian Beef, Alliance With Activist Group Reveal Splinter Producer Group’s Desperation to Block Imports Calling Canadian Beef Unsafe Is Like Calling Your Twin Sister Ugly more...
- May 21, 2004 AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE SAYS POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED BSE RHETORIC MUST STOP; U.S. AND CANADIAN BEEF BOTH SAFE In response to comments in the media yesterday by some lawmakers questioning whether Canadian beef is safe for U.S. consumers, AMI President J. Patrick Boyle made the following statement: "Consumers in the United States are the beneficiaries of an efficient, North American meat industry that... more...
- Apr 7, 2004 American Meat Institute Calls for Complete Restoration of Cattle and Beef Trade with Canada Limiting Cattle Imports Is Not Based on Science, Institute Says in Comments more...
- Mar 4, 2004 AMI Statement: USDA's Proposal to Allow Certain Cattle and Beef Products From BSE Minimal Risk Countries into the United States (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) The U.S. meat industry supports USDA’s proposal to allow certain cattle and beef products from BSE minimal risk countries into the U.S. However, we believe the proposal should go even further by allowing all animals for slaughter to enter... more...
- Mar 3, 2004 American Meat Institute Statement on Announcement by Mexico That It Will Resume U.S. Beef Imports Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle more...
- Feb 26, 2004 AMI Urges USDA Secretary Veneman to Lead Effort to Reestablish North American Beef Trade Immediately NOTE TO MEDIA: AMI will host a BSE media availability Friday (Feb.) 27 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time with AMI President J. Patrick Boyle and AMI Foundation President James Hodges to respond to questions regarding BSE. To access the call, dial 1-888-456-0013 and ask for the "AMI call.” For Immediate... more...
- Feb 4, 2004 AMI Statement: On the International Review Team's Report On BSE in the United States (Attribute statement to AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle) We agree with the review team’s commendable focus on harmonization of trading rules governing beef products from countries with a low risk of BSE. As the report released today stated: "Exporting countries feel significant... more...
- Jan 17, 2004 AMI statement: On the high-level talks among North American agriculture officials aimed at harmonizing animal health and trade (Attribute statement to John Reddington, AMI Vice President for International Trade) more...
- Dec 30, 2003 AMI Statement: USDA's Revised BSE Regulatory Response (Attribute statement to J. Patrick Boyle, AMI President and CEO) It is understandable and prudent for USDA to review our nation's regulatory firewalls that protect against BSE. The new measures announced today are very aggressive and indeed extraordinary measures that go well beyond... more...
- Dec 23, 2003 AMI STATEMENT ON THE POSSIBLE CASE OF BSE (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) ARLINGTON, Va., December 23, 2003 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) aggressive animal disease surveillance system worked as it should to detect a single presumptive case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United... more...
- Aug 13, 2003 Statement of the American Meat Institute on USDA New Technology Office (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) should be commended for the development of the New Technology Office. This new office will help facilitate the rapid deployment of food safety technologies in meat and poultry plants... more...
- Feb 3, 2003 Statement of the American Meat Institute on User Fees for Meat and Poultry Inspection (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) The meat and poultry industry stands firmly opposed to “user fees” for meat and poultry inspection. User fee proposals have become somewhat of an annual ritual, as have their annual rejection. Let’s be clear: the term “user fees”... more...
- Sep 24, 2002 Statement of the American Meat Institute on USDA Policy on E. coli O157:H7 (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) Producing meat that is as safe as it can possibly be is good for business and good for consumers. Today we have great news for consumers: the food safety strategies that USDA announced they will require in ground beef plants are... more...
- Jul 19, 2002 Statement of the American Meat Institute on U.S. Ground Beef Safety (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) Ground beef is the most popular beef product consumed in the U.S. Americans consume millions of pounds of ground beef every day without incidence. Today, USDA announced a large recall of beef trimmings and ground beef. The... more...
- May 23, 2002 Statement of the American Meat Institute on Unfounded Allegations About Ground Beef Safety (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) Ground beef is safe and getting safer according to USDA data, which show the bacteria levels on raw product have trended downward consistently thanks to new food safety technologies and new Department of Agriculture meat inspection... more...
- Sep 20, 2001 Statement of the American Meat Institute on USDA's Food and Agriculture Policy Attribute to J. Patrick Boyle, President and CEO of the American Meat Institute The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s report on the Bush Administration’s food and agriculture policy clearly demonstrates the complexities of the agricultural economy and the need to view policy decisions in the... more...
- Mar 13, 2001 Statement of the American Meat Institute on USDA's Temporary Ban on European Union Meat and Livestock (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) The meat industry supports USDA’s temporary ban on imports of meat and livestock from the European Union (EU). The ban is a prudent measure designed to protect U.S. herds from a highly contagious livestock disease. Foot and mouth... more...
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