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92_SR0429
LRB9216833BDdvA
1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is a leader in livestock
3 production, which is an essential component in maintaining
4 the overall economic viability and growth of a diversified
5 agricultural economy; and
6 WHEREAS, An Illinois Consumer Premium Meat Initiative
7 Program will contribute to the economy of the State and to
8 maintaining the State's leading role in livestock production;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, A consumer marketing preference study is needed
11 to identify consumer preferences and how meat products
12 meeting those quality characteristics can be consistently
13 delivered to the processor, retailer, and the consumer
14 resulting in an increased demand for Illinois meat products;
15 and
16 WHEREAS, A program is needed to identify quality factors,
17 animal genetics, processing factors, and the economics of a
18 consumer premium meat initiative to assure that the producer
19 may produce and deliver quality products that will add value
20 to the product at the production level, and to provide
21 producers with genetic tools to efficiently improve quality;
22 and
23 WHEREAS, The findings of the interaction of genetics and
24 nutrition need to be distributed to Illinois livestock
25 producers; and
26 WHEREAS, The producer and consumer will benefit from a
27 voluntary producer certification program that identifies meat
28 products that have specific characteristics; and
29 WHEREAS, In order to communicate to the consumer that a
30 meat product meets an Illinois quality meat standard,
31 certification of the meat product and its identification at
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1 the retail level is an essential goal of an Illinois consumer
2 premium meat program; and
3 WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Agriculture, in
4 accordance with its authority for market development and
5 promotion activities, may develop an appropriate consumer
6 label for identifying an Illinois premium meat; therefore be
7 it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we find a need for
10 the development of a program for the enhancement of meat
11 quality to meet consumer demands and preferences and to
12 compete in the world market; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the Department of Animal Science, Food,
14 and Nutrition of Southern Illinois University is encouraged
15 to begin, within its available resources, the development of
16 a premium meat initiative pilot program.