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LEAN TRIMMINGS FOR MAY 14, 2012
STECs Webinar Recap
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The North American Meat Processors Association (NAMP) and National Meat Association (NMA) are publishing a joint newsletter until the associations consolidate into the North American Meat Association (NAMA) on July 1, after which Lean Trimmings will become the official newsletter of the new association.

NEW IN MEMBERS ONLY SCIENCE AND REGULATORY SECTION
OFW Law Memos on FSIS Issuances:
FSIS Proposed Rule Food Ingredients & Sources of Radiation Listed & Approved for Use in Meat & Poultry

ACTION ITEMS FOR YOU:

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Please take a minute now to act on the following items:  

· Register for Pork 101, presented by the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) and the National Pork Board (NPB).  Co-sponsored by NAMP.  May 22 - 24 at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Oct. 15 – 17 at Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 
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· Plan to attend the Washington Leadership Conference, May 15 – 17, in Washington, DC.  E-mail your interest to NAMP Executive Director Phil Kimball, CAE at pkimball@namp.com

· Register for NAMP’s Center of the Plate Training® I course, June 12 – 14 at Texas A&M.
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· Save these dates:
NAMA Outlook Conference, Oct. 24 – 27, 2012, at the J. W. Marriott Hill Country, San Antonio, TX, and NAMA’s MEATXPO’13, Feb. 10 – 13, 2013, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

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WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF MEMBERSHIP? 

Contact Jim Goldberg
Director of Membership
T: +1 800.368.3043, ext. 104
jgoldberg@namp.com

SPOTLIGHT ON NAMP:

Center of the Plate Training II: Cuts to Culinary at Kendall College 
Photos Taken at the 2011 Conference. 

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EVENTS TO HELP YOUR BUSINESS:

AMSA PORK 101
May 22-24, 2012
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
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NMA REGIONAL HR TRAINING SERIES:
Sexual Harrassment Compliance
June 2, 2012
Doubletree Hotel
Commerce, CA
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IMS WORLD MEAT CONGRESS
June 5-6, 2012
Palais des Congres
Paris, France
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NAMP CENTER OF THE PLATE TRAINING®
June 12-14, 2012
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
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AMSA PORK 101
October 15-17, 2012
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
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NAMA OUTLOOK CONFERENCE
Oct. 24 – 27, 2012
J.W. Marriott Hill Country
San Antonio, TX
Mark your calendar now for the first conference of the new association!
Details to follow

MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY & DINNER at the NAMA OUTLOOK CONFERENCE
October 27, 2012
J.W. Marriott Hill Country
San Antonio, TX 

NAMA MEATXPO'13 SUPPLIERS' EXPOSITION & ANNUAL CONVENTION
February 10-13, 2013
The Mirage Hotel
Las Vegas, NV
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