Meat board executive
CHICAGO, 111. - The
President of the National
Live Stock and Meat Board
has urged the nation’s meat
scientists to be ready to
answer “tough questions
being asked about the
necessity of meat and the
meat industry.”
David H. Stroud, said the
questions were being asked
in terms of the world food
situation, domestic food
prices and the nutritional
health of people. Speaking at
Brigham Young University
in the 29th Annual
Reciprocal Meats Con
ference. of the American
Meat Science Assn, on June
21, he recommended three
affirmative objectives for
scientists in responding to
the challenges:
(1) A concentration of
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animal industry toward
greater - than - ever
development of funding for
research in human nutrition
related to meat - to establish
a strong offensive and
adequate defensive
program.
(2) An alert posture on the
part of meat scientists -
increasing awareness of and
sensitivity to the growth of
competition. He said this
competition includes “the
absurb and irrational, or at
least uninformed, utterances
from detractors of our in
dustry.”
(3) Both academic and
civic activity by scientists to
help develop a public
awareness of the economic
and social importance of our
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industry and its contribution
to the public welfare.
He said, “Sympathetic
understanding of the needs
of consumers is essential in
presenting an intelligent,
truthful case for the con
cerns of the industry.”
He expressed concern that
the confidence and pride of
the industry in its own
products could result in
failure to heed the danger
signals. Stroud said negative
factors, if left unattended,
will lead to “serious erosion”
in the market position.
“In the past several years
the meat industry has been
the focus of sustianed
criticism on moral,
economic and health
grounds - criticism that has
emanated from colonies of
flower children to empty-
urges positive action
headed actors to the Rome
Food Conference,” the meat
executive said. “This
criticism has begun to have
an adverse impact on the
image of the industry in the
halls of Congress, m
medical-health circles and m
the public sector ir general.”
He said all food producers
Rise in egg prices seen
' WASHINGTON - If total
egg production in the first
half of 1977 is at the same
level as this year, wholesale
egg prices would probably
average about four cents per
dozen higher than this year’s
60 cents, according to a U.S.
Department of Agriculture
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 10.1976
are being obliged to
demonstrate how their
products fit into a well
balanced nutritious
economic diet “but meat
foods are being hit the
hardest and most frequently
of the traditional foods.”
He said research work and
the funds to support it must
publication released in late
June. Prices are based on
those paid for large eggs at
New York City, as reported
by USDA.
The report, “Egg
Marketing Facts First
Half 1977,” points to a
possible stronger demand
for all eggs in the first half of
1977 because of a
strengthening general
economy and an mcrease in
the number of eggs used for
breaking and hatching.
Partially offsetting this
could be a continuation of the
long-run decline in consumer
demand for shell eggs, and a
large supply of competing
meats.
Costs of producing eggs in
the first half of 1977 depend
largely on the 1976 feed grain
and soybean crops both here
and abroad. If an expected
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be increased to demonstrate
convincingly that meat is a
convenient economical
source of obtaining
necessary nutrients; that
meat consumption is an
asset to good nutrition and is
not a danger to human health
nor a cause of world star
vation.
conditions reduce world feed
grain crops, feed costs would
reflect considerable upward
pressure from tighter
supplies. Other costs, in
cluding processing and
marketing, will be higher as
labor costs and prices paid
for most items continue to
rise.
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