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2020 USPOULTRY Annual Report

12/29/2020

An Annual Report combining activities of USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation was distributed on December 23rd.  The Association was active in research; human resources, safety and health; environmental management; food safety and production; education; information technology and communications.  

 

Achievements under the activity categories included:-
•    Research funding of over $1 million with $3 million currently committed. 
•    Providing guidance on ergonomics and incident investigation. 
•    Developing a training module on harassment discrimination and retaliation. 
•    Establishing a working poultry alliance with OSHA. 
•    Contributing to the amended WOTUS Rule relating to the Clean Water Act. 
•    Issuing technical recommendations on washing shell eggs. 
•    Advice on implementation of the New Poultry Inspection System. 
•    Devising and presenting poultry handling and transportation workshops. 
•    Organizing and presenting eleven annual industry seminars attended by more than 1,300 industry managers.
•     Providing 23 state poultry associations with IT support.

 

For FY 2020, funding of projects amounting to $3.1 million was directed towards research (35 percent of expenditures); environmental programs (15.1 percent); education projects (12 percent); food safety programs (10.2 percent); grants and support to allied poultry-related associations (6.0 percent).

 

With respect to the USPOULTRY Foundation, $1.3 million was distributed to support research (45.2 percent of grants); college student programs (33.4 percent); Future Farmers of America (20.9 percent); industry education recruitment funding (21.8 percent); poultry science departments (13.5 percent).

 

The report lacked an operating statement indicating sources of revenue and relevant expenditure categories including administration, travel, committee meetings in addition to the grants and programs enumerated.


 
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