PRESS COVERAGE
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DOUGLASS CALLS FOR CHANGES TO FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION LAW
PEACH: TIME TO CHANGE OUTDATED LAW
JOHNSON SAYS EXISTING MEAT INSPECTION LAW “RIDICULOUS”
http://www.wahpetondailynews.com/articles/2006/09/01/news/news01.txt
Tulsa World: Level the playing field
The Reporter, Fond du Lac, WI: Editorial: Area meat processors right to beef about outdated state laws
http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060830/FON06/608300513/1345
http://www.oksenate.gov/news/press_releases/press_releases_2006/pr20060821a.html
http://www.vnews.com/08202006/3236594.htm
http://www.montanachamber.net/ws/aboutus3.php?page_id=9188
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/OSH03/608290329/1987
Repeal of interstate meat shipment ban
article from the Fond du Lac Reporter
Blog for Rural America
Harris News Service
Livestock Officials Want to Change Meat Shipment Rules
Outdated law unfair to farmers and small meat processors
Pushing state
AGRICULTURE COALITION URGES ACTION ON INTERSTATE MEAT SALES BILL
Blunt to introduce measure to allow state inspected meat to be sold nationally
Dailey Supports Interstate Meat Shipment Bill
COALITION MEMBERS
American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP)
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Meat Goat Association
Association of West Virginia Livestock Auction Markets
American Sheep Industry Association (ASI)
Center for Rural Affairs
Eastern Regional Conference of The Council of State Governments
Georgia Livestock Marketing Association
Illinois Association of Meat Processors
Indiana Meat Packers and Processors Association
Iowa Livestock Auction Markets Association
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Meat Processors Association
Livestock Marketing Association (LMA)
Midwestern Legislative Conference of The Council of State GovernmentsMissouri Association of Meat Processors
Missouri Livestock Marketing Association
Montana Association of Livestock Auction Markets
Montana Chamber of Commerce
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
National Association of State Meat & Food Inspection Directors (NASMFID)
National Bison Association
National Farmers Union
National Grange
New Mexico Livestock Marketing Association
North American Deer Farmers Association
North Carolina Livestock Auction Markets Association
North Dakota Meat Processors Association
North Dakota Stockmen’s Association
Ohio Association of Meat Processors
Northeast States Association for Agricultural Stewardship (NSAAS)
Ohio Cattlemen’s Association
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America
South Carolina Association of Meat Processors
South Carolina Livestock Marketing Association
Texas Association of Business
Virginia Livestock Markets Association
Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors
Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE)
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