Resolution #2013-11-1
SUBMITTED BY: | Exporter Committee |
DATE: | Nov. 7, 2013; amended May 23, 2014 |
TITLE: | A Technology Innovation Stewardship Policy for the U.S. Red Meat Industry |
WHEREAS, | The U.S. red meat industry relies on a stream of new production and processing technologies to maintain its competitive position in global markets, and |
WHEREAS, | Many of these technologies undergo extensive scientific review, both domestically and globally, to ensure that they are safe and efficacious, and |
WHEREAS, | Some technologies that are widely used in the U.S. red meat industry have contributed to disruptions in U.S. exports because they have not been approved and/or accepted in important export markets which apply differing political or scientific standards, and |
WHEREAS, | Similar outcomes must be minimized in the future by involving all industry stakeholders in a coordinated approach to introducing future technologies into the U.S. and global markets; |
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, | That the U.S. Meat Export Federation supports the implementation of a technology innovation stewardship process for the U.S. red meat industry that will include the broadest possible participation by industry stakeholders who will work collectively to a) support the introduction of new technologies, b) minimize disruptions in red meat exports, and c) bolster confidence in the safety of new technologies. |
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, | That the U.S. Meat Export Federation supports the creation of a Meat Industry International Stewardship Advisory Council which will, as permitted by law and respecting companies’ corporate governance policies, facilitate the implementation of the red meat industry’s technology innovation stewardship process by working collaboratively with industry stakeholders and the U.S. and foreign governments to:
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