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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
 
                            -2-               LRB9216833BDdvA
 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.

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