The Market Works : Releases http://www.themarketworks.org The Market Works Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:47:51 CDT en-us American Meat Institute Tells U.S. Trade Representative that Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling Violates International Trade Obligations http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/56358 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/56358 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:54:41 CST The American Meat Institute (AMI) today told the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) violates the United States' international trade obligations for many reasons and that the U.S. must honor these obligations. American Meat Institute Tells Department of Justice Existing Antitrust and Competition Statutes Are Effective and Applicable for All Industries http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/56322 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/56322 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:51:56 CST Economy Is Best Served By Consistent Application of a Uniform Set Of Rules, Not By Hasty Reactions to Market Behavior American Meat Institute Launches New Web Site www.TheMarketWorks.org to Demonstrate How the Meat Industry Responds to Input from Customers http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2631 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2631 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:30 CDT Institute Says Legislation to Prohibit Meat Companies' Ability to Own or Contract for Livestock Will Dismantle Progress American Meat Institute Says Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock "Detrimental to Entire Livestock Sector" http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2575 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2575 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:30 CDT Institute Opposes Legislative and Regulatory Efforts to Restrict Livestock Marketing and Meat Packing Procurement Opportunities American Meat Institute Says Government Data and Economic Analyses Show Meat Packing Industry Is Dynamic, Competitive http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2600 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2600 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:30 CDT Institute Opposes Legislative and Regulatory Efforts to Restrict Livestock Marketing and Meat Packing Procurement Opportunities AMI Submits Testimony at Nebraska Congressional Hearings on Packer Livestock Ownership Ban http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2580 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2580 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:30 CDT Washington, DC - The American Meat Institute (AMI) strongly opposes efforts to restrict the ways in which meat packers conduct business. AMI submitted comments stating this opposition at a hearing today in Grand Island, Neb., to discuss a potential ban on packer ownership and control of livestock. "Coordination and even vertical integration between manufacturers and their suppliers is driven largely by consumer demand for consistent product quality at the lowest possible price," AMI President... Statement of the American Meat Institute http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2962 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2962 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:31 CDT On Draft Directive on Microbial Samples of Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products MEAT INDUSTRY SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO OPERATE LIKE OTHER U.S. BUSINESSES http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2945 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2945 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:31 CDT AMI Says Efforts to Restrict Livestock Sourcing Will Reverse Quality and Progress MEAT INDUSTRY OPPOSES EFFORTS TO MAKE MODERN BUSINESS MODEL ILLEGAL FOR MEAT PACKERS http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2986 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2986 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:31 CDT Industry Says Efforts to Outlaw Packer Ownership of Livestock Will Turn Clock Back on Quality and Progress Statement of the American Meat Institute on Ag Economists' Debate Over Packer Ownership Ban http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/3000 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/3000 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:31 CDT (Attribute Statement to AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle)Today, another paper by agricultural economists was released - the fourth in the past two months - attempting to explain the market impact of an amendment in the Senate's farm bill banning packer ownership, feeding and control of livestock. Their views differ sharply with other economists.The fact that leading ag economists strongly disagree about this amendment's impact suggests that the amendment itself has been neither well... Statement of the American Meat Institute on Senate's Adoption of a Revised Ban on Packer Ownership, Feeding and Control of Livestock http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2845 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2845 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:30 CDT (Attribute Statement to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle) Consolidation in Agriculture, Other Industries Is an Effort to Become More Competitive http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2917 http://www.themarketworks.org/ht/d/ReleaseDetails/i/2917 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:44:30 CDT Efforts to Impose New and Unique Requirements on Agriculture Are Unnecessary and Unfair