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NCBA Responds to Dietary Guidelines Report and Reiterates Role of Beef in a Healthy Diet
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) reiterated the important role of beef in a healthy diet and responded to the questionable advice published in the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Scientific Report. Despite a wealth of high quality scientific evidence that beef has an important role to play in a healthy diet, the committee is advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that federal nutrition guidelines include a reduction in red meat consumption...
Statement on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee- Meat Institute
The Meat Institute today released the following statement regarding the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Report):
“The Meat Institute remains strongly opposed to the Report’s recommendation to reduce meat consumption and will urge the agencies to reject it,” said Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts.
“Meat products provide high quality protein that is critical for developing, maintaining, and repairiing strong muscles; vital for growth and brain development in children; beneficial for providing satiety and maintaining...
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