COALITION MEMBERS
American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP)
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Grassfed Association
American Meat Goat Association
American Sheep Industry Association
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Association of West Virginia Livestock Auction Markets
Buckeye Quality Beef Association (Ohio)
Calaveras County Cattlemen’s Association (California)
Cattle Producers of Washington
Center for Rural Affairs
Colorado Association of Meat Processors
Colorado Independent Cattle Growers Association
Dakota Rural Action (South Dakota)
Fligners Market (Ohio)
Georgia Livestock Marketing Association
Goat and Sheep Producers of Alabama
Grow Wisconsin Livestock Initiative Consortium
Illinois Association of Meat Processors
Independent Cattlemen’s Association of Texas
Independent Cattlemen of Iowa
Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska
Iowa Livestock Auction Markets Association
Iowa Meat Processors Association
Kansas Cattlemen’s Association
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Livestock Marketing Association
Kansas Meat Processors Association
Kit Carson Cattlemen’s Association (Colorado)
Land & Lamb Co., Inc. (Vt.)
Livestock Marketing Association
Livestock Marketing Association of Texas
Louisiana Livestock Marketing Association
Merced-Mariposa Cattlemen’s Association (California)
Mesa County Cattlemen’s Association (Colorado)
Midwestern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments
Mississippi Livestock Markets Association
Missouri Association of Meat Processors
Missouri Bison Association
Montana Cattlemen’s Association
Montana Association of Livestock Auction Markets
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
National Bison Association
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC)
National Family Farm Coalition
National Farmers Union
National Grange
New Mexico Livestock Marketing Association
New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association
North American Deer Farmers Association
North Carolina Livestock Auction Markets Association
North Dakota Meat Processors Association
Northeast States Association for Agricultural Stewardship
Ohio Association of Meat Processors
Ohio Cattlemen’s Association
Oklahoma Livestock Marketing Association
Oregon Livestock Producers Association
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America
South Carolina Association of Meat Processors
South Carolina Livestock Marketing Association
Southern Colorado Livestock Association
Tennessee Goat Producers Association
Texas Association of Business
Tunbridge Woodworks LLC (Vt.)
United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA)
Vermont Meat and Poultry Processors Association
Vermont Sheep and Goat Association
Virginia Livestock Markets Association
Washington Cattlemen’s Association
Washington County Stockmen’s Association (Colorado)
Western Organization of Resource Councils
Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors
Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
Wisconsin Pork Association
Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE)
RESOURCES
LEGISLATION
H.R. 1760
H.R. 2315
H.R. 2876
S. 1149
S. 1150
Rep. Kind Announces New Legislation to Expand Markets for Area Meat Processors
Hatch: Tear Down Interstate Meat Shipment Barrier
Kohl Press Release
Rep. Kind Dear Colleague Letter
Description of Senate Interstate Legislation
NASDA Interstate Meat Sales Testimony to the Senate
NASDA Press Release April 19, 2007
Support Senate Bills-Talking Points 07
Interstate Talking Points 07
GENERAL
Background & History On Interstate Sales of State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Products and Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs (March 2007)
Map: Number of State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Plants
COALITION RESOURCES
Coalition Letter to Senate May 2007
NASDA STATEMENT ON UFCW LETTER
UFCW and CFA Letter Opposing Interstate
ISSUE PAPERS
Facts about State Inspection Programs
Interstate Meat Sales: More Competitive Markets
Interstate Meat Sales: Expands Small Business and Rural Development
Interstate Meat Sales: History of Support from USDA and Congress
Interstate Meat Sales: Fairness in Trade
Interstate Meat Sales Creates a More Uniform Inspection System
ARCHIVE (2006)
COMPROMISE REACHED ON STATE MEAT INSPECTION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 23, 2007 - Washington, D.C. – A compromise has been reached on allowing interstate shipment of state-inspected meat and the provision will be included in the senate version of the farm bill, says Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson.
Johnson, the president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, announced the compromise after a series of meetings in Washington, D.C. last week and further negotiations with consumer, labor and farm groups and Congressional leaders over the weekend.
“The compromise creates a new, optional program within federal law that provides federal oversight of state-inspected facilities that want to ship products across state lines,” Johnson said.
Johnson noted that under the compromise, state inspection programs will continue to maintain their current cooperative agreements with the federal government which require state programs to be at least “equal to” federal requirements.
“The goal of this new program is to ensure the safety of meat and poultry products sold in interstate commerce and to open new markets for products from smaller, state-inspected companies,” Johnson said.
Processing establishments with up to 25 employees will be eligible to participate in the program. Companies will be required to use a federal mark, stamp, tag or label of inspection.
Johnson has lobbied on behalf of NASDA and state-inspected processing establishments, arguing that these businesses meet or exceed all federal food safety requirements.
“The present system is simply unfair and wrong,” he said. “Meat and poultry products from nearly 40 countries can be shipped and sold anywhere in the United States, while state-inspected products are limited to their state of origin.” ( Contact: Charles Ingram, or Richard Kirchhoff, (202) 296-9680) PDF version
Consumer, Labor, Farm Groups Agree To Farm Bill Provision -
The Interstate Safe Meat And Poultry Inspection Act Of 2007 - Permitting Interstate Sale Of Meat And Poultry From Certain State/Federal Plants
Letter in support for the new program included in the Chairman’s mark that permits the interstate shipment of meat inspected by federal and state agencies for certain small establishments
Oct. 12, 2007 - BISMARCK – JOHNSON DEMANDS RETRACTION OF MISLEADING AD more
Attached: Letter to John Gage, American Federation of Government Employees
Audio: Interview Livestock Marketing Association Vice President Nancy Robinson
For more information, please call Patrice Lahlum (N.D.) at (701) 239-7210 or (701) 220-4357 or Charlie Ingram (D.C.) at (202) 296-9680, charlie@nasda.org.
* Support Legislation for Fair Markets, Small Business and Local Economic Growth
--Across the country, there are more than 2,000 state-inspected meat processors–mostly small, family-owned businesses–who are prevented from competing in the national marketplace.
* The Facts About Interstate Meat Inspections
* Letter from the Coalition for Fair Agriculture and Rural Markets to the Senate urging support for S.1149 and S.1150.
* NASDA: Meat Inspection Ad Should Be Pulled
* NFU to Senate: Support Interstate Meat Shipment
* Letter to Consumer Federation of America regarding their ad campaign containing false
information about state meat inspection programs and the companies they inspect
To join the coalition to overturn the unfair prohibition on interstate meat sales, please call or email Charlie Ingram at 202-296-9680 or charlie@nasda.org
ACTION ALERT
Contact your House Representatives and Senators!
PETITIONS
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Support Legislation For Local Economic Growth, Fair Markets,
Small Business and Consumers
Support Interstate Meat Sales Legislation
H.R. 1760 (Kind); H.R. 2315 (Pomeroy) and H.R. 2876 (Space)
Support Interstate Meat Sales Legislation
S. 1149 (Kohl) and S. 1150 (Hatch) in the Senate
H.R. 1760 (Kind) and H.R. 2315 (Pomeroy) in the House
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