Animal Welfare Policy in the Poultry and Pork Sectors – Implications for the Food Industry
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Seminar Description:
In this digital seminar, Ashley Peterson, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at the National Chicken Council will give an overview of NCC’s updated broiler chicken policy and discuss what these changes mean for retailers and their customers. Additionally, Jeff Pigott, Vice President of Industry Relations, and Michael Formica, Chief Legal Strategist, at the National Pork Producers Council will examine California’s Proposition 12 regulations and their impacts on pork production, provide an overview of NPPC’s legal challenge to Prop 12 and where things currently stand with the case before the Supreme Court, and discuss the implications for food retailers.
Michael Formica
Chief Legal Strategist
National Pork Producers Council
Andrew S. Harig (Moderator)
Vice President - Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development
FMI -The Food Industry Association
Andrew S. Harig currently serves as Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development at FMI-The Food Industry Association. In this position, he is responsible for lobbying Congress and the Administration on behalf of FMI members, with a primary focus on agriculture, taxes, trade, sustainability, food waste, and pensions. Prior to joining FMI, Andy was an associate trade advisor and speechwriter for the Senate Finance Committee under its Chairman, Max Baucus (D-MT). From 1999-2001, he was the senior research associate for the Global Economic Policy Project at the New America Foundation, a Washington, DC-based think tank. Andy holds a B.A. from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. from DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
Ashley Peterson, PhD
Senior Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs
National Chicken Council
Jeff Pigott
Vice President of Industry Relations
National Pork Producers Council
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