The National Meat Association team can be relied on for one-on-one assistance. Whether removing regulatory roadblocks, finding consulting experts, suggesting new market options or alerting members to new challenges, NMA is there.
In many cases, NMA has saved its members from expensive disasters. Consider Valley Meat Company�s experience.
In the wake of the Jack-in-the-Box E. coli outbreak, NMA �told us to stop our operation - take meat out of the system, [and] start over again. We really didn�t want to follow this expensive advice, but we did. Two of our competitors did not - just did a minimal checkup. We are the only one that did not have a recall,� says Russell Hefner, president of the mid-sized meat processor.
�USDA told us we did everything correctly, and we did it on NMA�s advice,� adds Valley Meat General Manager Gus Couterakis.
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