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Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement now in effect

08/18/2011 3:15:25 PM

The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement took effect August 15, 2011. This agreement will result in fewer barriers to trade and expanded opportunities for Canadian exporters and investors in a broad range of sectors, including agriculture, mining and financial services. ... Full story.

AMI Foundation reaffirms meat's role in healthy, balanced diet

08/10/2011 1:46:26 PM

Disputes Harvard study implicating meat consumption with increased risk for type 2 diabetes ... Full story.

Beef industry leaders urge USDA to finalize comprehensive BSE rule

06/09/2011 3:32:23 PM

NCBA joined forces with USMEF, AMI and NMA to send a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging the USDA to finalize a comprehensive bovine spongiform encephalopathy rule. ... Full story.

New federal data: E.coli O157:H7 found in less than 1/4 of 1% of samples

05/13/2011 1:19:55 PM

New federal data show that E. coli O157:H7 is found in less than one quarter of one percent of ground beef samples, a 72 percent decline since 2000 in ground beef samples testing positive for the pathogen. ... Full story.

Campaign launched to combat top meat myths

05/03/2011 9:56:15 AM

The American Meat Institute, in conjunction with the American Meat Science Association, today launched its “Meat MythCrushers” campaign in an effort to reconnect Americans to modern food production ... Full story.

Corn ethanol: Burning up food budgets

04/20/2011 3:19:47 PM

"While Nebraskans are closely watching gas prices escalate at the pump, they are also starting to see something else eating away at their budgets: rising food costs,” says AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in a guest editorial published Wednesday in the Lincoln Journal Star. ... Full story.

AMI calls meat inspectors essential, should not be affected if government closes

04/07/2011 10:36:30 AM

The American Meat Institute (AMI) today urged the Obama administration to classify meat and poultry inspectors as essential personnel who are not subject to work stoppage if the government shuts down due to the ongoing budget impasses. ... Full story.

Quick passage of Korea FTA stressed in Lincoln Journal Star editorial

03/22/2011 4:40:24 PM

While Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gave a needed push to the proposed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) earlier this month, more should be done to ensure this opportunity doesn’t slip by, according to an editorial published today in the Lincoln Journal Star. ... Full story.

AMI supports repeal act proposed to end ethanol subsidies

03/18/2011 1:36:41 PM

AMI joined a broad and diverse coalition of more than 30 groups in support of a repeal act written to end ethanol tax credits. ... Full story.

One in four Americans worried about having enough money for food, survey finds

03/11/2011 2:49:03 PM

One in four Americans is worried about having enough money to put food on the table in the coming year, according to new research conducted by Hart Research Associates and commissioned by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and Tyson Foods, Inc. ... Full story.

American Meat Institute unveils safe equipment design checklist

03/10/2011 1:58:21 PM

The American Institute (AMI) Thursday unveiled a Safe Equipment Design Checklist aimed at ensuring that equipment used in meat and poultry plants is designed in compliance with key standards and minimizes hazards and injuries. ... Full story.

Groups call for end to ethanol subsidies

03/09/2011 4:48:35 PM

The American Meat Institute joined more than 30 diverse organizations in sending a letter applauding legislation that would end the refundable Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. ... Full story.

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