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Meat and Climate Change: How Significant is the Impact?

By AMI On May 20, 2013 · Add Comment

By: Eric Mittenthal

It is a commonly used refrain amongst activists and the media: “Meat causes more global warming than everything else combined” or “contributes 51% of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.” After hearing these numbers repeated regularly, many people believe they’re fact, but research from Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D., [...]

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Glass Walls Part Two: A Look Inside a Typical Pork Plant

By AMI On May 13, 2013 · Add Comment

By: Janet Riley

For years, animal rights activists claimed that if slaughter plants had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.  Last year, we decided to challenge that notion.

In August 2012, AMI launched a new video series we called “Glass Walls.” Our first video offered a look inside a typical cattle [...]

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Putting Two Reports on Meat Safety Into Perspective

On April 24, 2013 By AMI

By: Eric Mittenthal

Two reports over the last several weeks have questioned meat and poultry safety by suggesting our products pose serious foodborne illness risk. These reports by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) claim to raise awareness about food safety risks, but they primarily [...]

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Worker Safety and the Environment: Celebrating Two Meat & Poultry Industry Success Stories

On March 25, 2013 By AMI

By: Eric Mittenthal

Last week I had the opportunity to attend our annual Worker Safety, Human Resources and the Environment Conference in Kansas City. The meeting is a gathering of industry leaders to share best practices and learn about the latest systems and strategies available in all three areas. It is [...]

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The Great Media Debacle of 2012: Lean Finely Textured Beef One Year Later

On March 8, 2013 By AMI

By: Janet Riley

One year ago this week, all of us witnessed one of the greatest injustices to truth we could have imagined.  I’m talking about the month long frenzy over lean finely textured beef (LFTB).

ABC’s Senior Correspondent Jim Avila began reporting in a way that we could not have imagined or [...]

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Digging Deeper on the Mediterranean Diet Study

On March 5, 2013 By AMI

By: Janet Riley

To read last week’s headlines, one might think it prudent to substitute a glass of olive oil for your regular daily orange juice.  According to the Los Angeles Times, “Mediterranean diet sinks low-fat menu.”  A Mediterranean diet, even drenched in olive oil and studded with nuts, beats a [...]

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Reasons Why the U.K. Horse Meat Scandal Won’t Happen Here

On February 14, 2013 By AMI

By: Davey Griffin, Ph.D.

If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, there is a good chance you heard something about horse meat being added to burgers or processed products in the UK. Some bloggers have posed the alarming question “Could this happen here?”  As an academic who studies meat processing and production [...]

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2013: A Year to Celebrate the Miracle that is Meat

On January 10, 2013 By AMI

By: Eric Mittenthal

A couple of weeks ago we looked back at some of the highlights from 2012 here on our blog and mentioned that we believe the meat industry has so much good news to tell that we’ll be making it a priority at AMI in the coming year. Now [...]

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Ten Reasons to Make Meat & Poultry Part of Your New Year’s Resolution Weight Loss Program

On January 2, 2013 By AMI

By: Eric Mittenthal

Losing weight is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions to make.  In fact, surveys show that losing weight and exercising more are often the most common resolutions made by Americans.  Sadly, they are often the hardest to keep.  There’s good news for [...]

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2012 Meat Industry Highlights Part 2

On December 28, 2012 By AMI

In part one of our meat industry year in review, we looked at some of the year’s highlights that were not food safety related. For part two, we’re looking at the variety of food safety highlights focused on the primary pathogens of concern– Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella.

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