A dozen major food trends for the new year

Watch 'em in 2005

1. McPlastic – The fast fooders find credit cards so successful that they’ll begin offering their own affinity cards. A McDonald’s Visa card with Ronald McDonald’s picture anyone? Or a Wendy’s MasterCard featuring the dearly departed Dave?

2. Grain – Whole grain, that is. After a half decade of being Atkinized out of favor, artisanal breads make a comeback touting the health benefits of whole grains. Pass a slice of the nine-grain “made with cracked whole wheat, rye and corn meal, oats, rye flour, soy grits, barley flakes, millet and flaxseed” bread please.

3. Soda – The diet variety will far surpass its high fructose cousins in total sales. A #3 super-sized with a Diet Coke will not trim the waist line, however, even if you use McPlastic. Is aspartame really better for you than corn syrup?

4. Juices - Fruit “drinks” that contain as little as 0% real juice will be “outted” as outrageous imposters, especially after the contents (odd ingredients like wood ester) are revealed. For those not in the juice or chewing gum business, wood ester is used as an emulsifier or stabilizer and it’s a close relative of pine tar.

5. Organics – Organics and “all natural” foods grab more and more shelf space as echo boomers, the newest generation of young adults who are replaying their grandparent’s hippy generation attitudes want to return to the romance of an agrarian society no one ever knew. A new pure food and drug act, anyone?

6. Cereality – It’s a back-to-the-fifties, comfort-food-for-breakfast concept that’s just finding its sea legs. Could it be the next Starbucks? Could Kellogg’s be any happier and why didn’t some bright light in Battle Creek come up with this idea in the first place?

7. Coffee – Speaking of Starbucks, after putting a coffee shop on every other street corner and in most of the Target stores in North America, they’ll finally hit the wall. Over-stored in most markets and facing stiffer competition from local mom and pops and regional chains like Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffee and Peet’s as well as a decline in overall consumption, they’ll put the brakes on U.S. expansion as their overseas stores start to take off.

8. Donuts – If the coffee craze hits the wall, can the donut craze that swept the country with the expansion of Krispy Kreme be far behind? No. KK with its accounting irregularities diverting management’s attention goes down hard. Dunkin’ Donuts weathers the KK marketing storm and survives nicely, thank you. Great cuppa joe there, too.

9. Food Pyramid – The USDA publishes an updated food pyramid which might not even be a pyramid this time. It satisfies no one in the food industry but everyone starts to introduce products that are at the top of whatever the new shape might be.

10. RFID – Driven by Wal-mart, Albertsons, Target and Britain's Tesco, all large marketers who want to pass some of their distribution costs back to the suppliers, RFID gets some traction and the food industry will rush to climb aboard a fast accelerating bandwagon.

11. Beverages – We’re a nation of hard-drinking caffeine lovers so what can possibly replace coffee, Red Bull and Mountain Dew? Teas and enhanced waters, that’s what. Had a cup of chai lately? This tea-based second cousin to a latte should hit it big this summer as a cold, refreshing, beat-the-heat drink. Pick up a cup at Starbucks, the tea store. Look for more “water, caffeine added” at your local supermarket, too.

12. FAT – Hardee’s started it with their Monster Thickburger, a full day’s supply of almost everything that’s bad for you in one enormous sandwich: 2/3 pound of certified Angus beef, three slices of American cheese, a half dozen slices of bacon, mayonnaise, butter-flavored shortening on a sesame seed bun that crushes the fat-o-meter at 1418 wide bodied calories. The food industry rediscovers the joys of serving their biggest consumers (pun absolutely intended}, switches to stealth mode and quietly tip-toes after an extremely lucrative market.

Are you trying to market a new low carb product?

Then take the express train to bankruptcy court

Here’s an important question: What was Dr. Atkins biggest impact on America? Answer: He single-handedly boosted stock prices in the livestock industry. The Tyson family should have adopted him. How about the lesser known Dr. Agatston? He and the denizens of Miami’s South Beach killed the pasta business. In a quick and unhealthy arrhythmic heartbeat, red meat regained its status as a health food and carbs became the fastest route to obesity. The good doctors created the low carb diet, one of the hottest food fads since the low fat / no fat craze of a decade ago.

Watching the dramatic consumer-led charge from the bakery aisle to the meat case, the investment community reacted swiftly, rewarding Tyson handsomely and forcing Interstate Bakeries into chapter 11. Even offshore giant Barilla, one of the largest pasta makers in the world, is restructuring their operations due to sagging demand for their products. Tyson, bridging the meat and poultry industries, will continue to do well. IBC, caught with their corporate pants down due to a weak presence in the healthier market segment of the baking industry, will have to sell off some of their most well-known brands to survive.

What was the problem with the anti-fat movement? Removing fat also removed taste. Consumers were choking down high-priced cattle feed in the pursuit of thinner waist lines. Yeah, it was a tasteless fad that was doomed to failure. And the problem with the Atkins diet? It’s too constricting. We’re a nation of big eaters and we love all kinds of foods.

Ten years after the low fat craze, we’re an even fatter nation, scared half to death by government studies that show we’ve become a nation of wide-bodies. And, of course, we all want a magic pill that will make our daddy’s beer belly or our momma’s generous back side melt away in a few painless days. No real dieting needed. No sweaty exercise required.

So the good docs say we can eat all we want – good, red meat at that – and the public buys into it. It’s a message that sits well with the activity-challenged who view cardio enhancing workouts as something akin to kissing the devil. Cutting back on the volume of caloric intake is entirely out of the question.

The folks at South Beach ask if you’re tired of diet food and urge you to go on a smart carb diet. Atkins claims you can eat all you want and still lose weight. Let me throw a flag and declare a 15 yard penalty on that play. Ever been to one of those “all you can eat” cafeterias? It’s not likely that a man who tips the scale at well over 300 pounds and takes half a dozen trips to the hog trough is going to become svelte on 20,000 calories a day, even if most of it comes from red meat.

The Atkins and South Beach diets are half brothers sharing a common mother - the healthy menu suggested for diabetics. The DNA donating father of both is the glycemic index, a ranking of carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on blood glucose. Carbohydrates that breakdown quickly during digestion have a high glycemic index. Carbohydrates that break down slowly, releasing glucose gradually into the blood stream, have a low glycemic index. Carbohydrates that break down slowly, releasing glucose gradually into the blood stream, have a low glycemic index.

Like all good fads, it’s coming to an end. Early next year, food processors will be doing post mortems on another idea that was supposed to be life altering but proved, like all the rest, to be just a blip on the radar screen. I can already vouch for the discussion points at the Annual Meat Conference March 6-8 in Orlando. The trade groups that put this event together and stand to gain the most from Dr. Atkins: American Meat Institute, Food Marketing Institute, American Lamb Board, America's Beef Producers, National Chicken Council, National Pork Board, and National Turkey Federation are already looking ahead to the next best thing.

Here is a strong suggestion that could save your job. If you’re planning on a low carb product introduction, kill it now before you spend another dime. You’ll be doomed to a single facing on the bottom shelf of second tier supermarkets, if you’re lucky. Your top shelf career will drop to the bottom shelf, too.

Like the trade associations that serve the protein industry, start looking for the next big thing. You’ve already missed this one.

Marketing basics

MARKETING: PERCEPTION VS REALITY

Perception: You've been in business for years so you don’t need to be very aggressive with your marketing. Everybody already knows about your company and its fine products!
Reality: Very few people outside of your immediate family, some of your employees and a few of your most recent customers know about your business. No matter how good you are, you’re only foremost on your mind, not your prospect’s mind.

Perception: You can't treat your customers any better. Every one of them is happy with their purchase and delighted with your service.
Reality: Your satisfied customer base represents a sliver of the potential market. Your unsatisfied customers will rarely tell you about your problems – they will tell a dozen of their friends, though, and cost you future sales. Focus on the annoyed and the non-returning customer. Find out what the problem is and fix it.

Perception: Most of your business is repeat business so you can afford to focus almost 100 percent on your existing clients.
Reality: If you're not growing your customer base, you're going out of business. No business can rely solely on their existing client base. Work your prospects like you’ll be losing 30% of your existing customers in the coming year. Most businesses lose at least that many.

Perception: You get a lot of business by word-of-mouth referrals so don't have to invest in the expense of real marketing. Reality: Your marketing investment gives you the credibility to earn word-of-mouth. It’s your advertising and promotion that builds brand awareness and visibility. Word-of-mouth rarely works if the prospect never heard of you before he hears about you from a friend, no matter how good a friend he is.

Perception: You’ve invested in a large space at a major trade show. Prospects will see your booth when they get there so there’s no need to promote it.Reality: Research consistently shows most people only visit 10-12 booths at a trade show and know exactly who they’ll see before they arrive. If you don’t make their list the day before the show starts, you won’t make the sale the day after it ends. Remind your customers and prospects by personal calls, print ads and direct mail.

Marketing tidbits
You can make your 2005 marketing plan “all it can be” by working with Jolley & Associates to take full advantage of the strengths offered by a fully coordinated program of print ads, public relations, collateral sales aids and trade events. We can review your existing plan or create a plan to fit your company and budget.

Email crjolley@msn.com or call Chuck Jolley at 913-205-3791 now.

Seven secrets of free publicity

SEVEN SECRETS OF FREE PUBLICITY

and three fatal mistakes

There is no marketing method more powerful or less costly for creating a brand name than publicity. Good publicity starts with a news release, still one of the world's most efficient marketing tools. But it must be done right and it often isn’t.

From my experience as a magazine publisher, I know more than 90% of all news releases end up in the trash. Nothing annoys busy editors more than news releases that are poorly written or misdirected. They’re a waste of time, money and resources.

Here are the 3 fatal mistakes found in most news releases:
1. The news release is a corporate ego trip that talks about your product or service too much and user benefits too little.
2. The news release is just thinly disguised ad copy.
3. The news release is sent to the wrong media.

How can you make sure that your news release does not end up as a statistic? Here are the seven rules you must follow.
1. Focus on the needs of the editor. She makes the ultimate decision on what’s published.
2. Make the headline as big and important as possible.
3. Your news release should be about news. No news value means no editorial pick-up.
4. Tie your product or service to the news angle. Use the soft sell approach so your news release will not be seen as an advertisement.
5. Never tell the whole story. Instead, generate editorial curiosity that must be satisfied.
6. Before you create and send out your news release, carefully select the target media and craft messages to fit the needs of each medium.
7. Know how each editor prefers to receive press releases – direct mail? Email? Fax? – and make sure you transmit it that way.

Remember this important point, one that’s often ignored by even the most seasoned professionals. Publicity is not a numbers game. It's not how many copies of your news release you broadcast at once, but how often it gets published that counts. No matter how well-crafted the news release is, it will be trashed if you send it to the wrong media segments.

Half dozen direct mail mistakes

HALF DOZEN DUMB DIRECT MAIL MISTAKES

1. I didn’t know exactly what my market was.
Market research is the most important part of marketing

2. I mailed to the wrong list.
The most important thing you’ll learn from good market research is this: How to match the offer to the list

3. I told them the price before I told them about the product.
Price is NEVER the primary concern. First, you must make your prospect want what you're selling.

4. I told them the price before I told them the benefits.
People want to know what they'll gain before they want to know the cost.

5. I told them the wrong price.
Know the market and test price points. Pricing to high is just as wrong as pricing to low.

6. I didn’t test the offer first.
Test, test, test, test. Test the copy, test the benefits, test the price point, test the mailing list. Do an A/B test with a small mailing, then go all out with the winner.

Custom Publishing

Custom Publishing: A Sensible Marketing Approach

Custom publishing is a branding strategy that is an important part of an integrated marketing campaign. As a communications approach—whether sponsored supplemental material, newsletters or magazines—it’s also a strategic PR initiative.

Custom publishing targets current customers, clients or prospects. Sponsored supplemental material, for example, demonstrates how products or services work in real-word settings, using newsworthy, full-length magazine articles that show a need being successfully met.
Newsletters and magazines can develop a relationship with prospects considering their first purchase. A well defined publication can also help retain existing customers and introduce new products to a pre-sold audience.

Visualize custom publishing, however, in a broader context—as an efficient method of transmitting a marketing message to all marketing audiences. The key is to take advantage of the individual audiences that a sponsored supplement can reach, and then tailor the message to the recipients.

Is launching a custom publication right for your organization? Here are five considerations to help you decide:

1. Is your marketing open to adding a custom publication? If your marketing or public relations focus is on collateral materials and advertising, the budget should already accommodate a custom publication. The nature of a custom publication as a discreet selling tool can make it a critical addition to product brochures and print ads because of its detailed, informative, editorial approach.
2. What audiences are you trying to reach? Recent research indicates that people are spending less time reading fewer publications, which means that custom publishing initiatives should be focused on addressing that fact. More than anything else in your marketing mix, custom publishing can effectively tell your whole story to an interested audience.
3. What internal support is available for custom publishing? Is it smarter to outsource the production of the publication or use existing staff to create the final product? If you can create most of your marketing materials in-house, you might be able to add custom publishing to your work load.
4. Where is my custom publication going? Once the magazine is published, one of the most important decisions is figuring out other distribution channels. Should you tip it into an appropriate magazine? Mail it to your own distribution list? Hand it out at trade shows?
5. How do I measure the return on investment? Some companies establish systems to learn how a new customer decided to buy a product or service. Others compare pre-publication sales volume with post-publication volume. Whatever the methodology, be sure to apply it consistently in order to help determine whether the strategy was successful and is worth continuing.

The Custom Publishing Council says that American business produces more than 50,000 unique custom publications each year, spending between $15 billion and $20 billion annually. Last year, 13.2% of the average corporate marketing budget was spent on custom publishing, up from 11.1% in 2003. Additionally, 40% of companies surveyed plan to spend more on custom publications in 2005.

If well planned and thought-out, custom publishing can go a long way toward being the keystone of a company's existing marketing or promotional programs. Most importantly, whether a sponsored supplement, a newsletter or a glossy magazine, a custom publication gives your business complete control over your message and how it is delivered to the audience you want to reach.

For more information, email crjolley@msn.com or call Chuck Jolley at 913-205-3791.

Meat and Poultry contacts

A listing of trade, association and government links
BSE RESOURCES
About.com - Pediatrician's Evaluation of BSE Risk
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
American Association of Meat Processors - BSE News & Information
American Council on Science and Health - BSE Risk Evaluation
American Feed Industry Association - Livestock Feed Industry News
American Meat Institute - BSE Facts Sheets, Information Page
American Meat Science Association - BSE Resource Page
Animal Health & Welfare (U.K.)
APHIS - Up-to-date BSE Information from U.S. Department of Agriculture
BSEInfo (NCBA)
Bureau for National Affairs - Mad Cow Site
Canadian Cattlemen's Association - Daily BSE Updates
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - BSE FAQs
Center for Consumer Freedom - Mad Cow FAQs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CJW Medical Center - Mad Cow Disease and Children's Health
Colorado State University - BSE Links
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (U.K.) - BSE Homepage
Department of Health (U.K.)
Economic Research Service - Impact of BSE on U.S. Economy
Family MD Linx - Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
FDA "Hot Topics"
Federal Register
Food HACCP - BSE Multimedia Links
Food Safety and Inspection Service (U.S.D.A.)
Food Safety.gov - BSE Resources
FSIS Library of Export Requirements
Go Britannia Travel - Mad Cow Travel Info
Health Canada - BSE Information Resources
Healthlink USA
Human BSE Foundation - Charity Providing Support for Families of CJD Victims
International Food Information Council - BSE FAQs
Iowa State University - BSE Information Center
Massachusetts Public Health - Mad Cow FAQs
Michael Fumento - BSE analysis
National Center for Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Animal Health Japan
New Mexico Agriculture - BSE Info Page
Pets and Mad Cow Disease - Information for pet owners
Prion Data News - BSE update
Science Central - Mad Cow and Safe Meat
Seattle Times - Columnist analyzes risk of BSE
She Knows Network - Mad Cow Page
The BSE Inquiry Full Text (U.K.)
The Pathology Laboratory, Burnley General Hospital, Burnley, UK
Trust for American Health - Mad Cow Page
U.K. BSE Inquiry Committee - Mad Cow on Organic Farms
U.S. Department of Agriculture - BSE Information & Resources
U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration - BSE Page
U.S. Meat Export Federation - BSE Resources
University of Illinois
University of Maryland - Mad Cow Page
University of Nebraska - Food Safety Page
University of Nebraska - Mad Cow Information
University of North Dakota - Mad Cow Info Page
University of Tennessee - Mad Cow Hot Topics
Washington State Department of Agriculture - BSE and Human Health Page
World Health Organization (WHO)
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
Agriculture Council of America
11020 King Street, Suite 205
Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 491-1895, (913) 491-6502
e-mail: info@agday.org
Alabama Poultry & Egg Association
P. O. Box 240
Montgomery, AL 36101
(334) 265-APEA, Fax: (334) 265-0008
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
900 W. Fifth Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 276-7315, Fax: 907-271-3450
E-mail: freaves@afdf.org
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
311 N. Franklin St., Suite 200, Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 465-5560; (800) 478-2903, Fax: 907-465-5572
E-mail: info@alaskaseafood.org
Alberta Turkey Producers
4828 - 89 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5K1
(780) 465-5755, Fax: (780) 465-5528
E-mail: info@albertaturkey.com
American Association of Avian Pathologists
953 College Station Road
Athens, Georgia 30602-4875
(706) 542-5645, Fax: (706) 542-0249
E-mail AAAP@uga.edu
American Association of Meat Processors
One Meating Place, P.O. Box 269, Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717) 367-1168, Fax: 717-367-9096
IE-mail: aamp@aamp.com
American Council on Science & Health
1995 BROADWAY, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10023-5860
(212) 362-7044, Fax: (212) 362-4919
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E-MAIL: acsh@acsh.org
American Emu Association
P.O. Box 740814, Dallas, TX 75374-0814
(541) 332-0675, Fax: 928-962-9430
E-mail: info@aea-emu.org
American Farm Bureau Federation
600 Maryland Ave., S.W. Suite 800
Washington, DC 20024
(202) 406-3600, Fax: (202) 406-3604
American Frozen Food Institute
2000 Corporate Ridge, Suite 1000
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 821.0770, Fax: (703) 821-1350
e-mail: info@affi.com
American Lamb Council
7900 E. Union Ave., Suite 1003
Denver, CO 80237
(966) 327-5262, Fax: (303) 217-7599
Email: info@americanlambboard.org
American Meat Institute
1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 12th floor
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 587-4200. Fax: (202) 587-4300
E-mail: info@meatami.org
American Meat Science Association
1111 N. Dunlap Ave., Savoy, IL 61874
(217) 356-5368, Fax: 217-398-4119
E-mail: info@meatscience.org
American Ostrich Association
12180 Clint Parker Rd., Conroe, TX 77303
(405) 799-4095, Fax: 405-799-3977
E-mail: ostriches@mindspring.com
American Sheep Industry Association
9785 Maroon Circle, Suite 360
Centennial, CO 80112
(303) 771-3500, Fax: (303) 771-8200
Email: info@sheepusa.org
American Spice Trade Association
2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 367-1127, Fax: (202) 367-2127
Email: info@astaspice.org
Beef Industry Food Safety Council
Email: bifsco@beef.org
California Beef Council
4640 Northgate Blvd., Suite 115
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 925-2333, Fax: (916) 925-8155
Email: askus@calbeef.org
California Poultry Federation
3117A McHenry Ave., Modesto, CA 95350
(209) 576-6355, Fax: 209-576-6119
E-mail: califpoultry@cs.com
Canada Beef Export Federation
235, 6715 8th St., NE
Calgary, AB T2E 7H7
(403) 274-0005, Fax: (403) 274-7275
Email: Canada@cbef.com
Canada Pork International
75 Albert, Suite 1101
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 5E7
(613) 236-9886, Fax: (613) 236-6658
E-Mail: cpi@canadapork.com
Canadian Bison Association
P.O. Box 3116,
Regina, SK, Canada S4P 3G7
(306) 522-4766, Fax: (306) 522-4768
Email: cba1@sasktel.net
Canadian Cattlemen's Association
#310, 6715 - 8th St. NE
Calgary, AB T2E 7H7
(403) 275-8558, Fax: (403) 274-5686
Email: feedback@cattle.ca
Canadian Meat Council
955 Green Valley Cresdent, Suite 305
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2C 3V4
(613) 729-3911, Fax: (613) 729-4997
E-Mail: info@cmc-cvc.com
Canada Beef Export Federation
235, 6715-Eighth St. N.E., Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 Canada
(403) 274-0005, Fax: 403-274-7275
E-mail: canada@cbef.com
Canada Pork International
75 Albert, Suite 1101, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7 Canada
(613) 236-9886, Fax: 613-236-6658
E-mail: cpi@canadapork.com
Canadian Meat Council
875 Carling Ave., Suite 410, Ottawa, ON K1S 5P1 Canada
(613) 729-3911, Fax: 613-729-4997
E-mail: info@cmc-cvc.com
Canadian Poultry & Egg Processors Council
1545 Carling Ave., Suite 400, Ottawa, ON K1Z 8P9 Canada
(613) 724-6605, Fax: 613-724-4577
E-mail: wendelljoyce@cpepc.ca
Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 332-9110, Fax: 202-265-4954
E-mail: cspi@cspinet.org
Colorado Association of Meat Processors
291 Lincoln St., P.O. Box 507, Craig, CO 81626, (970) 824-4878
Fax: 970-824-8835,
E-mail: mtnmeat@quik.com
Dairy Deli Bakery Council of Southern California
12631 E. Imperial Hwy., Suite 101E, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(562) 929-6788, Fax: 562-929-1978
Internet: www.ddbcsc.com, E-mail: office@delicouncil.com
Delmarva Poultry Industry
16686 County Seat Hwy. Georgetown, DE 19947-4881
(302) 856-9037, Fax: 302-856-1845
E-mail: dpi@dpichicken.org
Federation of Animal Science Societies
1111 North Dunlap Avenue
Savoy, IL 61874
(217)356-3182, Fax: (217) 398-4119
E-mail: fass@assochq.org
Flavor & Extract Manufacturers Association
1620 I Street, NW, Suite 925
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 293-5800, Fax: (202) 463-8998
cmccarthy@therobertsgroup.net.
Food Distributors International
201 Park Washington Court, Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 532-9400, Fax: 703-538-4673
E-mail: moreinfo@fdi.org
Food Institute
One Broadway, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
(201) 791-5570, Fax: (201)-791-5222
email:Csloan@foodinstitute.com
Food Marketing Institute
655 15th St. NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 452-8444, Fax: 202-429-4519
E-mail: fmi@fmi.org
Food Processing Machinery & Supplies Association
200 Daingerfield Rd., Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-1080; (800) 331-8816, Fax: 703-548-6563
E-mail: info@fpmamail.com
Food Processors of Canada
350 Sparks St., Suite 605, Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8 Canada
(613) 722-1000, Fax: 613-722-1404
E-mail: fpc@foodprocessors.ca
Food Safety Consortium
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
E-108 AFLS Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-4446, Fax: (479) 575-7273
Email: gweidema@uark.edu
Further Poultry Processor Association of Canada
2525 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite 203, Ottawa, ON K1H 8P5 Canada
(613) 738-1175, Fax: 613-733-9501
E-mail: fppac@sympatico.ca
Grocery Manufacturers of America
2401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20037
(202) 337.9400, Fax (202)337.4508
Email: info@gmabrands.com
Illinois Association of Meat Processors
1177 S. Springfield Rd. Freeport, IL 61032
(815) 232-1006 Fax: 815-233-6299
Indiana Meat Packers & Processors Association
c/o Fisher Packing 300 W. Walnut, Portland, IN 47371
(260) 726-7355
Institute of Food Technologists
525 W. Van Buren, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 782-8424, Fax: 312-782-8348
E-mail: info@ift.org
International Association for Food Protection
6200 Aurora Ave., Suite 200W, Des Moines, IA 50322-2863
(515) 276-3344, Fax: (515) 276-8655
E-mail: info@foodprotection.org
International Association of Food Industry Supplies
1451 Dolley Madison Boulevard, Suite 200
McLean, Virginia 22101-3850
(703) 761-2600. Fax: (703) 761-4334
Email: info@iafis.org
International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses/World Food Logistics Organization
1500 King St., Suite 201
Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA
(703) 373-4300, Fax: (703) 373-4301
email@iarw.org
International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 5528, Madison, WI 53705-0528)
313 Price Place, Suite 202, Madison, WI 53705
(608) 238-7908, Fax: 608-238-6330
E-mail: iddba@iddba.org
International Foodservice Distributors Association
201 Park Washington Court, Falls Church, VA 22046-4521
(703) 532-9400, Fax: (703) 538-4673
Email: Allen, Mark
International Foodservice Manufacturers Association
Two Prudential Plaza, 180 N. Stetson, Suite 4400, Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 540-4400, Fax: 312-540-4401
E-mail: ifma@ifmaworld.com
International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration
International Meat & Poultry HACCP Alliance
International Meat Secretariat
International Natural Sausage Casing Association
Iowa Meat Processors Association
P.O. Box 334, Clarence, IA 52216
(563) 452-3329
E-mail: kmrichmann@hotmail.com
Kansas Meat Processors Association
3031 Hwy 40, Grinnell, KS 67738
(785) 824-3400, Fax: 785-824-3200
E-mail: jabacon@st-tel.net
Kentucky Country Ham Producers
c/o Finchville Farms, P.O. Box 56, Finchville, KY 40022
(502) 834-7952, Fax: 502-834-7095
Livestock Marketing Association
Louisiana Meat Industry
P.O. Box 599, Covington, LA 70434
(985) 892-4062, Fax: 985-892-4062
E-mail: jolmia@aol.com
Meat New Zealand
Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd.
1401 K St. N.W., Suite 602, Washington, D.C. 20005
(202)521-2551, Fax: 202-521-2699
E-mail: moreinfo@australian-beef.com
Meat & Poultry Association of Hawaii
1505 Dillingham Blvd., Suite 220, Honolulu, HI 96817-4822
(808) 842-3550, Fax: 808-842-3550
Meat Importers Council of America
1901 N. Fort Meyer Dr., Suite 1110, Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 522-1910, Fax: 703-524-6039
E-mail: lauriebryant@micausa.org
Meat Industry Suppliers Association
111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046-4513
(703) 538-1793, Fax: 703-241-5603
E-mail: misahq@aol.com
Michigan Meat Association
c/o Bob’s Processing, Inc.
70705 16th Ave., South Haven, MI 49090
(616) 637-5739
E-mail: bacon@btc-bci.com
Mid-States Meat Association
3280 Riverside Dr., Suite 10, Columbus Ohio, 43221
(614) 459-5188, Fax: 614-442-5516
E-mail:kristin@ohiogrocers.org
Minnesota Association of Meat Processors
305 W. Cannon St., Cannon Falls, MN 55009
(507) 263-2976, Fax: 507-263-2510
E-mail: mamp@cannon.net
Missouri Association of Meat Processors
1770 Cedar Lane, Sedalia, MO 65301
(660) 827-0005, Fax: 660-827-0005
E-mail: info@missourimeatprocessors.com
Montana Meat Processors Association
c/o Happel’s Clean-Cut Meats
4700 Gooch Hill Rd., Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 587-8972, Fax: 406-587-8972
National Bison Association
4701 Marion St., Suite 100, Denver, CO 80216
(303) 292-2833, Fax: 303-292-2564
E-mail: info@bisoncentral.com
National Cattlemen on the Web
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
9110 E. Nichols Ave., Centennia, CO 80112
(303) 694-0305, Fax: 303-694-2851
E-mail: cattle@beef.org
National Chicken Council
1015 15th St. N.W., Suite 930, Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 296-2622, Fax: 202-293-4005
E-mail: gwatts@chickenusa.org
National Country Ham Association
P.O. Box 948, Conover, NC 28613
(828) 466-2760; (800) 820-4426, Fax: 828-466-2770
E-mail: eatham@countryham.org
National Food Processors Association
1350 I St. NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005-3377
(202) 639-5900, Fax: 202-639-5932
Internet: www.nfpa-food.org
National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association
4755 Linglestown Rd., Suite 300, P.O. Box 6069. Harrisburg, PA 17112
(717) 657-8601, Fax: 717-657-9862
E-mail: info@nfraweb.org
National Meat Association
1970 Broadway, Suite 825, Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 763-1533, Fax: 510-763-6186
E-mail: staff@nmaonline.org
National Meat Canners Association
1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 841-3680, Fax: 703-841-9656
E-mail: nmca@meatami.com
National Pork Producers Council
122 C St., Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 347-3600
E-mail: pork@nppc.org
National Poultry & Food Distributors Association
958 McEver Rd. Ext., Unit B-5, Gainesville, GA 30504
(770) 535-9901, Fax: 770-535-7385
E-mail: info@npfda.org
National Renderers Association, Inc.
801 N. Fairfax St., Suite 207, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 683-0155, Fax: 703-683-2626
E-mail: renderers@nationalrenderers.com
National Restaurant Association
1200 17th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-3097
(202) 331-5900; (800) 424-5156, Fax: 202-331-2429
E-mail: info@dineout.org
National Turkey Federation
1225 New York Ave. N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 898-0100, Fax: 202-898-0203
E-mail: info@turkeyfed.org
Nebraska Association of Meat Processors
P.O. Box E, Fourth St. and Hwy. 4, Table Rock, NE 68447
(402) 839-4635, Fax: 402-839-2131
E-mail: denscountrymeats@yahoo.com
New England Meat & Food Processors Association
c/o Nodine’s Smokehouse
P.O. Box 1787, Torrington, CT 06790
(860) 489-3213, Fax: 860-496-9787
E-mail: nodines.smokehouse@snet.net
North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers
161 N. Clark St., Suite 2020, Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 821-0201, Fax: 312-821-0202
E-mail: info@nafem.org
North American Meat Processors Association
1920 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191
(703) 758-1900 ,Fax: 703-758-8001
Internet: www.namp.com
North American Natural Casing Association
North Dakota Meat Processors Association
c/o Myers Meats & Specialties
2452 b 70th Ave. NW, Parshall, ND 58770
(701) 743-4451, Fax: 701-743-4458
E-mail: mymespec@restel.net
Northwest Meat Processors Association
2380 N.W. Roosevelt St., Portland, OR 97210-2323
(503) 226-2758, Fax: 503-224-0947
E-mail: haysmgmt@pipeline.com
Ohio Association of Meat Processors
6870 Licking Valley Rd., Frazeyburg, OH 43822
(740) 828-9900, Fax: 740-828-2634
E-mail: val@oamp.org
Oklahoma-Texas Meat Processors Association
c/o Ralph’s Quality Meats, Inc.
P.O. Box 340, Perkins, OK 74059-0340
(405) 547-2464, Fax: 405-547-2364
E-mail: Wbeane1126@aol.com
Ontario Independent Meat Processors
5420 Hwy. 6 N., Suite B28, R.R. 5, Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 Canada
(519) 763-4558, Fax: 519-763-4164
E-mail: oimp@attcanada.ca
Pacific Egg & Poultry Association
1521 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 441-0801, Fax: 916-446-1063
E-mail: info@pacificegg.org
Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI)
Pennsylvania Association of Meat Processors
P.O. Box 474, Campbelltown, PA 17010-474
(717) 832-1030, Fax: 717-832-2850
E-mail: PAMP@pameatprocessors.org
Pet Food Institute
2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 367-1120, Fax: (202) 367-2120
Poultry Science Association
1111 N. Dunlap Ave., Savoy, IL 61874
(217) 356-5285, Fax: 217-398-4119
Private Label Manufacturers Association
R-CALF USA
Quebec Agri-Food Export Club
668 Montee Montarville, C.P. 10, St. Bruno, QB J3V 6B1 Canada
(450) 461-6266, Fax: 450-461-6255
E-mail: clubexp@clubexport.ca
Research Chefs Association
5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Suite 500 G, Atlanta, GA 30342
(404) 252-3663, Fax: 404-252-0774
Salt Institute
Safe Tables Our Priority
P.O. Box 4352, Burlington, VT 05406
(802) 863-0555, Fax: 802-863-3733
E-mail: feedback@stop-usa.org
Saskatchewan Food Processors' Association
South Carolina Association of Meat Processors
P.O. Box 1127, Conover, NC 28613
(828) 464-1800, Fax: 828-464-1800
Southeastern Meat Association
P.O. Box 620777, Oviedo, FL 32762
(407) 365-5661, Fax: 407-365-8945
E-mail: Info@southeasternmeat.com
Southwest Meat Association
4103 S. Texas Ave., Suite 101, Bryan, TX 77802
(979) 846-9011, Fax: 979-846-8198
E-mail: sma@tca.net
Texas Association of Meat Processors
7432 Elmo Weedon Rd., Bryan, TX 77808
(979) 776-5776, Fax: 979-776-5776
E-mail: tamp@tca.net
U.S. Hide, Skin & Leather Association
U.S. Meat Export Federation
1050 17th St., Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80265
(303) 623-6328, Fax: 303-623-0297
E-mail: info@usmef.org
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
1530 Cooledge Rd., Tucker, GA 30084-7303
(770) 493-9401, Fax: 770-493-9257
E-mail: ssmall@poultryegg.org
U.S.A. Poultry & Egg Export Council
2300 W. Park Place Blvd., Suite 100, Stone Mountain, GA 30087
(770) 413-0006, Fax: 770-413-0007
E-mail: usapeec@usapeec.org
Uniform Code Council Inc.
United States Animal Health Association
Virginia Association of Meat Processors
P.O. Box 558, Madison, VA 22727
(540) 948-4209, Fax: 540-948-4279
E-mail: dthoyt@eatlean.com
Wyoming Meat Processors Association
c/o Cody Meat, Inc. P.O. Box 726, Cody, WY 82414
(307) 587-5447, Fax: 307-587-3185
E-mail: codymeat@vcn.com
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
• Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), France
• Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
• Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (Minnesota)
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Alabama, Department of Agriculture and Industries, Meat Inspection
• Animals, Meats, and Meat and Dairy Products (US Code, Title 7-Agriculture, Chapter 62)
• Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA)
• Australia, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQUIS)
• Beef Research and Information (US Code, Title 7-Agriculture, Chapter 62)
• Bureau of Animal Industry (US Code, Chapter 15-Agriculture)
• Bureau of Chemical Safety - Health Canada, Canada
• Canada, Agriculture Canada, Food Production and Inspection Branch
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canada
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, USA
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDC's Foodborne Outbreaks Response and Survellience Unit
• Communicable Disease Prevention & Control (CDPC)
• Communicable Disease Surveillance Center (CDSC)
• Consumer Policy and Consumer Health Protection, European Union
• CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology, Australia
• Department of Health and Family Services, Australia
• Department of Pesticide Residue Analysis, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Netherlands
• Directorate of Social and Economic Affairs, The Council of Europe
• Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, USA
• Emerging Infectious Diseases (Published by USCDC)
• Environmental Protection Agency R & D
EPA Animal Feeding Operations (AFO) Virtual Information Center
• FDA/CFSAN Resources Page
• Food Administration, Ministry of Health, New Zealand
• Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO)
• Food and Drug Administration
FDA Bioterrorism Page
• Food Laboratory, Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine, Singapore
• Food Quality Control Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
• Food Safety & Public Health, North America
• Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USA
Food Safety and Inspection Service Library of Export Requirements
National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
• Food Safety Authority of Ireland
• Food Safety Research Information Office, National Agricultural Library USDA
• Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse, USA
• Food Safety Unit, School of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of California, USA
• Food Science Laboratory, MAFF, United Kingdom
• Gateway to Government
• Health Canada - Sante Canada
• Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter
• INED "Mortalité, santé, épidémiologie", France
• Infectious Disease WebLink
• Institut Pasteur, France
• Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST), UK
• International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation (ICGFI)
• International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)
• Laboratoire des Listeria, Institut Pasteur, France
• Laboratory of Water & Food Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Netherlands
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), New Zealand
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), UK
• Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan
• Ministry of Health, Singapore
• National Agricultural Library (NAL)
• National Archives and Records Administration: Code of Federal Regulations
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• National Center for Environmental Research
• National Center for Infectious Diseases
• National Food Authority, Australia
• National Institute of Animal Health (Japan)
• National Institute of Health, Japan
• National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Japan
• National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands
• National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
• New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• Packers and Stockyards (US Code)
• Pesticide Control Service, Department of Agriculture and Food, Ireland
• ProMED, Federation of American Scientists
Small Business Administration
• Texas Department of Health
• The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration Home Page
• The Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program (Codex Alimentarius Commission)
• The National Food Administration, Sweden
• The Pathology Laboratory, Burnley General Hospital, Burnley, UK
• TNO Nutrition and Food Reserach Institute, TNO Biotechnology, Netherlands
• U.S. Code: Meat Inspection
• United Kingdom Department of Health R & D
• United Kingdom Food Standards Agency
• United Nation's Food and Agricultural Outlook
• United Nations Sub-Committee on Nutrition (UN-ACC/SCN)
• United States Public Health Service, USA
• Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services
• World Health Organization (WHO)
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
USDA Calendar
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
USDA Fight Bac
USDA Food Consumer Service
USDA Food Consumption Survey "What We Eat in Amercia"
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
USDA/AMS Food Purchase Program
USDA/AMS Livestock & Seed Program Meat Grading and Certification Branch
USDA/AMS Market News
USDA/APHIS page on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
USDA/ARS Healthy Animals
USDA/ARS Nutrient Data Laboratory
USDA/ARS Pathogen Modeling Program
USDA/FSIS Accredited Laboratory Program
USDA/FSIS Electronic Reading Room
USDA/FSIS Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)
USDA/FSIS Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards (GIPSA)
USDA/FSIS History of Recall
USDA/FSIS Labeling and Additives Policy Division (LAPD)
USDA/FSIS Library of Export Requirements
USDA/FSIS National Organic Program
USDA/FSIS Technical Service Center
USDA Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute
UNIVERSITY FOOD SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS
• Auburn University - Department of Agriculture
• Acadia University – School of Nutrition & Dietetics
• California Culinary Academy
• California Polytechnic State University - Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition
• Chapman University - Department of Food Science and Nutrition
• Clemson University - Department of Food Science
• Colorado State University - Food Science & Nutrition
• Cornell Institute of Food Science
• Culinary Art and Gastronomy School, France
• The Culinary Institute of America
• Drexel University - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology
• Escoffier Online
• The French Culinary Institute
• Howard University - Department of Nutritional Sciences
• Illinois Institute of Technology - Natl. Center for Food Safety & Technology
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Academy of Culinary Arts
• Iowa State University - Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
• Iowa State University - Meat Export Research Center
• Johnson & Wales University Culinary College
• Kansas State University - Agribusiness
• Kansas State University – Dept. Foods and Nutrition
• Kansas State University - Distance Education
• Kansas State University - Food Science Institute
• Le Chef College of Hospitality Careers - Culinary Arts School
• Michigan State University - Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Mississippi State - Food Science
• New England Culinary Institute
• North Dakota State University - Food Safety and Quality Control
• New Hampshire College - Hospitality Management
• North Carolina State University - Food Science
• North Carolina State University - Waste Management Research
• Ohio State University - Food Science & Technology
• Oregon State - Food Science and Technology
• Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Pennsylvania State University - Department of Food Science
• Purdue - Food Science
• Rutgers University - Department of Food Science
• San Jose State University - Nutrition and Food Science Department
• Scottsdale Culinary Institute
• Stanford University - Food Research Institute
• Texas A & M - Faculty in Nutrition
• Texas A&M - Meat Science
• Tufts - Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research
• University of Alabama, Birmingham - Department of Nutritional Sciences
• University of Alberta - Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
• University of Arizona - Nutritional Sciences
• University of Arkansas - Food Science
• University of California Davis - Food Science & Technology
• University of Delaware - Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
• University of Florida - Institute of Food and Agricultural Science
• University of Florida - Animal Science
• University of Florida - Food Science
• University of Georgia - Center for Food Safety and Quality Enhancement
• University of Guelph - Food Science
• University of Illinois - Food Science & Nutrition
• University of Kentucky - Food Science Section
• University of Maine - Food Science & Nutrition
• University of Manitoba – Agriculture and Food Science
• University of Massachusetts - Department of Food Science
• University of Minnesota - Food Science & Nutrition
• University of Missouri - Food Science Program
• University of Nebraska - Department of Food Science and Technology
• University of Tennessee - Hotel & Restaurant Administration.
• University of Vermont - Nutritional Sciences
• University of Wisconsin, River Falls - Food Science & Technology
• Utah State University - Department of Nutrition and Food Science
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ. Food Science & Technology
• Wageningen Agricultural University - Food Chemistry and Microbiology
• Washington State University - Food Science & Human Nutrition
• Wayne State University - Department of Nutrition & Food Science
State/Regional Meat Processor Associations
California Association of Meat Processors
1740 Jeffrey Dr.
Yuba City, CA 95991
Office: (530) 671-5714
FAX: (530) 671-5714
E-mail: campvicki@vps.net
Chicago-Midwest Meat Association
11350 South Winds Crossing
Orland Park, IL 60467
Office: (708) 403-1844
Website: www.chicagomidwestmeatasso.com
E-mail: Chicago-Midwest Meat Association
Colorado Association of Meat Processors
C/o Mountain Meat Packing
P.O. Box 507
Craig, CO 81626
Office: 970-824-4878
FAX: 970-824-8835
Greater New York Meat Trade Institute Inc.
225 W 34th St
New York NY 10122
Tel: 212 279-5475
Fax: 212 279-4016
E-mail: sflanagan@sprintmail.com
Illinois Association of Meat Processors
1177 South Springfield Rd.
Freeport, IL 61032
Office: 815-232-1006
FAX: 815-233-6299
E-mail: iamp@mwci.net
Indiana Meat Packers and Processors Association
C/o Dewig Meats
P.O. Box 186
Haubstadt, IN 47639
Office: 812-768-6208
FAX: 812-768-6220
Iowa Meat Processors Association
2422 Elm Dr.
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Office: 515-972-4478
FAX: 515-972-4635
E-mail: nanajo@dodgenet.com
Kansas Meat Processors Association
P.O. Box 67
Grinnell, KS 67738-0067
Office: 785-824-3400
FAX: 785-824-3200
E-mail: jabacon@mid.net
Louisiana Meat Industry Association
P.O. Box 599
Covington, LA 70434-0599
Office: 985-892-4062
FAX: 985-892-4062
E-mail: jolmia@aol.com
Maine Independent Meat Packers Association
P.O. Box 3927
Portland, ME 04104
Office: 207-772-5411
FAX: 207-772-4814
Maryland Association of Meat Processors
Mt. Airy Locker Plant
P.O. Box 51
Mt. Airy, MD 21771
Office: 301-831-7440
FAX: 301-829-6502
Michigan Meat Association
C/o Bobs Processing Inc.
70705 16th Ave.
South Haven, MI 49090
Office: 616-637-5739
FAX: 616-637-4362
E-mail: bacon@btc-bci.com
Mid-States Meat Association
3280 Riverside Dr., Ste 10
Columbus, OH 43221
Office: 614-459-5188
FAX: 614-442-5516
Minnesota Association of Meat Processors
305 W. Cannon St.
Cannon Falls, MN 55009
Office: 507-263-3617
FAX: 507-263-2510
Missouri Association of Meat Processors
1770 Cedar Lane
Sedalia, MO 65301
Office: 660-827-0005
FAX: 660-827-0005
E-mail: info@missourimeatprocessors.com
Montana Meat Processors Association
4700 Gooch Hill Rd.
Bozeman, MT 59718
Office: 406-587-8972
FAX: 406-587-8972
New England Meat and Food Processors Association
C/o Nodines Smokehouse Inc.
P.O. Box 1787
Torrington, CT 06790
Office: 860-489-3213
FAX: 860-496-9787
Nebraska Association of Meat Processors
4th & Highway 4
Table Rock, NE 68447
Office: 402-839-4635
FAX: 402-839-2131
New York State Association of Meat Processors
Owasco Meat Co.
61 Oak Hill Road
Moravia, NY 13118
Office: 315-497-1721
FAX: 315-497-1779
E-mail: omeat@baldcom.net
North American Meat Processors Association
1910 Association Dr.
Reston, VA 20191-1547
Office: 703-758-1900
FAX:703-758-8001
Website: www.namp.com
E-mail: smoore@namp.com
North Carolina Meat Processors Association
P.O. Box 5025
Conover, NC 28613
Office: 828-465-4900
FAX: 828-465-4900
E-mail: candy@abts.net
North Dakota Meat Processors Association
Myers Meat and Specialties
2452B 70th Ave NW
Parshall, ND 58770-9613
Office: 701-743-4451
FAX: 701-743-4458
E-mail: mymespec@roseglen.nadk.net
Northwest Meat Processors Association
Hays Management
2380 NW Roosevelt Rd.
Portland, OR 97210
Office: 503-226-2758
FAX: 503-224-0947
E-mail: haysmgmt@pipeline.com
Ohio Association of Meat Processors
6870 Licking Valley Rd.
Frazeysburg, OH 43822
Office: 740-828-3832
Website: www.oamp.org
Oklahoma-Texas Meat Processors Association
P.O. Box 340
Perkins, OK 74059-0340
Office: 405-547-2464
FAX:405-547-2364
E-mail: wbeane1126@aol.com
Pennsylvania Association of Meat Processors
P.O. Box 474
Campbelltown, PA 17010
Office: 717-832-1030
FAX: 717-832-1030
E-mail: pamp@paonline.com
South Carolina Association of Meat Processors
C/o Counts Sage Co.
P.O. Box 390
Prosperity, SC 29127
Office: 803-364-2392
FAX: 803-364-1570
South Dakota Association of Meat Processors
P.O. Box 183
Corsica, SD 57328-0183
Office: 605-946-5410
Southeastern Meat Association
ABC Research Inc.
3437 SW 24th Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32607
Office: 352-372-0436
FAX: 352-378-6483
Texas Association Meat Processors
7432 Elmo Weedon Rd.
Bryan, TX 77808
Office: 979-776-5776
FAX: 979-776-5776
E-mail: tamp@tca.net
Virginia Association of Meat Processors
Route 3, Box 784
Tazewell, VA 24651
Office: 276-472-2511
Website: www.vameatprocessors.org
E-mail: info@vameatprocessors.org
Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors
P.O. Box 505
Bloomington, WI 53804
Office: 608-994-2142
FAX: 608-994-3173
E-mail: kbisarek@hotmail.com
Wyoming Meat Processors Association
C/o Butcher Block
1968 Snowy Range Rd.
Laramie, WY 82070
Office: 307-745-4534
State/Regional Poultry Associations
Alabama Poultry & Egg Association
Johhny Adams
P.O. Box 240
Montgomery, AL 36101-0240
Tel: (334) 265-2732
Fax: (334) 265-0008
E-mail the association
Go to the Web site
(Arkansas) The Poultry Federation
Morril Harriman
P.O. Box 1446
Little Rock, AR 72203
Tel: (501) 375-8131
Fax: (501) 375-5519
E-mail the association
California Poultry Federation
Bill Mattos
3117-A McHenry Ave.
Modesto, CA 95350
Tel: (209) 576-6355
Fax: (209) 576-6119
E-mail the association
Connecticut Poultry Association, Inc.
James S. Rock
526 New London Turnpike
Norwich, CT 06360-6599
Tel: (860) 887-1608
Fax: (860) 886-1164
E-mail the association
(Delaware) DELMARVA Poultry Industry Inc.
Wiliam Satterfield
16686 County Seat Highway
Georgetown, DE 19947-4881
Tel: (302) 856-9037
Fax: (302) 856-1845
E-mail the association
Florida Poultry Federation
Charles "Chuck" Smith
4508 Oak Fair Blvd.
Suite 290
Tampa, FL 33610
Tel: (813) 628-4551
Fax: (813) 620-4008
E-mail the association
Georgia Poultry Federation
Abit Massey
P.O. Box 763
Gainesville, GA 30503
Tel: (770) 532-0473
Fax: (770) 532-7543
E-mail the association
Indiana State Poultry Association Inc.
Paul W. Brennan
Purdue University, Animal Sciences
915 West State St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054
Tel: (765) 494-8517
Fax: (765) 496-1600
E-mail the association
Iowa Poultry Association
Kevin S. Vinchattle
8515 Douglas Ave., Suite 9
Urbandale, IA 50322-2924
Tel: (515) 727-4701
Fax: (515) 727-4707
Kansas Poultry Association
Dr. R. Scott Beyer
Kansas State University
Department of Animal Sciences
Room 130 Call Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-1600
Tel: (785) 532-1201
Fax: (785) 532-5681
Kentucky Poultry Federation
Melissa G. Miller
P.O.Box 21829
Lexington, KY 40522-1829
Tel: (859) 373-0761
Fax: (859) 373-0762
E-mail the association
Louisiana Poultry Federation
Dr. Theresia Lavergne
120 Ingram Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Tel: (225) 578-2219
Fax: (225) 578-1259
E-mail the association
(Maryland) DELMARVA Poultry Industry Inc.
Wiliam Satterfield
16686 County Seat Highway
Georgetown, DE 19947-4881
Tel: (302) 856-9037
Fax: (302) 856-1845
E-mail the association
Minnesota Turkey Growers, Broiler and Egg Associations
Steve Olson
108 Marty Drive
Buffalo, MN 55313
Tel: (763) 682-2171
Fax: (763) 682-5546
E-mail the association
Mississippi Poultry Association Inc.
P.O. Box 13309
Jackson, MS 39236-3309
Tel: (601) 355-0248
Fax: (601) 353-3840
E-mail the association
(Missouri) The Poultry Federation
John Bryan
225 East Capitol Ave.
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Tel: (573) 761-5610
Fax: (573) 761-5619
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Nebraska Poultry Industries Inc.
Susan Joy
P.O. Box 830908
A103, Animal Sciences, UNL
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908
Tel: (402) 472-2051
Fax: (402) 472-4607
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North Carolina Poultry Federation
Robert L. Ford
4020 Barret Drive, Suite 102
Raleigh, NC 27609
Tel: (919) 783-8218
Fax: (919) 783-8220
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Ohio Poultry Association
Jim Chakeres
5930 Sharon Woods Blvd., Suite 102
Columbus, OH 43229
Tel: (614) 882-6111
Fax: (614) 882-9444
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(Oklahoma) The Poultry Federation
Morril Harriman
P.O. Box 1446
Little Rock, AR 72203
Tel: (501) 375-8131
Fax: (501) 375-5519
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(Pennsylvania) PennAg Poultry Council
Christian R. Herr
2215 Forest Hills Drive, Suite 39
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Tel: (717) 651-5920
Fax: (717) 651-5926
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South Carolina Poultry Federation
Connie Smith
1921-A Pickens St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: (803) 779-4700
Fax: (803) 779-5002
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Tennessee Egg & Poultry Association
Ann Cox
P.O. Box 1272
Brentwood, TN 37024-1272
Tel: (615) 370-0001
Fax: (615) 370-0001
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Texas Poultry Federation
James Grimm
595 Round Rock West Dr.
Suite 305
Round Rock, TX 78681
Tel: (512) 248-0600
Fax: (512) 248-0664
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Virginia Poultry Federation
Hobart Bauhan
333 Neff Ave., Suite C
Harrisonburg, VA 22801-3430
Tel: (540) 433-2451
Fax: (540) 433-3256
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West Virginia Poultry Association
Emily J. Funk
P.O. Box 612
Moorefield, WV 26836
Tel and Fax:
(304) 530-2725
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CATTLE ASSOCIATIONS
Alabama Cattlemen's Association
(334) 265-1867
P.O. Box 2499
Montgomery, AL 36102-2499
American Angus Association/Certified Angus Beef LLC
(816) 383-5100
3201 Frederick Ave
St. Joseph, MO 64506
American Hereford Association
(816)842-3757
P.O. Box 014059
Kansas City, MO 64101-0059
American International Charolais Association
(816) 464-2474
P.O. Box 20247
Kansas City, MO 64195
American Simmental
406-587-4531
1 Simmental Way
Bozeman, MT 59718
Beef Breeds Council
(816) 464-2474
P.O. 20247
Kansas City, KS 64195
Beefmaster Breeders United
(210) 732-3132
6800 Park Ten Blvd., Suite 290 West
San Antonio, TX 78213
Braunvieh Association of America
(402) 466-3292
3815 Touzalin Ave., Suite 103
Lincoln, NE 68507-1600
Certified Hereford Beef
(816) 842-3758
P.O. Box 014059
Kansas City, MO 64101-0059
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
(979) 268-0980
201 Dunn St
Bryan, TX 77801
Kentucky Cattlemen's Association/Department of Agriculture
(859) 278-0899
176 Pasadena Drive
Lexington, KY 40503
Montana Stockgrowers Association
(406) 442-3420
420 N. California
Helena, MT 59601
National Cattlemen's Foundation
303-850-3339
9110 E. Nichols Ave. Suite 300
Centennial, CO 80112
North American Limousin Foundation
(303)220-1693
7383 S. Alton Way
Centennial, CO 80112
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
(405) 235-4391
P.O. Box 82395
Oklahoma City, OK 73148
Red Angus Association of America
(940) 387-3502
4201 N. I-35
Denton, TX 76207
Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable
(970) 295-5985
2150 Centre Ave, Bldg A, Ste 361
Ft. Collins, CO 80526
U.S. Beef Breeds Council
(816)-464-2474
P.O. Box 20247
Kansas City, MO 64195