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3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives wish to congratulate the Illinois Association |
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6 | 6 | | 4 of Meat Processors on the occasion of its 50 year anniversary; |
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7 | 7 | | 5 and |
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8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Locker and Freezer |
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9 | 9 | | 7 Provisioners was formed in 1962 when a group of small meat |
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10 | 10 | | 8 locker owners expressed the need for education concerning meat |
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11 | 11 | | 9 curing and processing, the need for assistance with |
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12 | 12 | | 10 regulations and increased inspection, and a desire to share |
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13 | 13 | | 11 business tips with others starting in the meat processing |
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14 | 14 | | 12 industry; and |
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15 | 15 | | 13 WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Locker and Freezer |
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16 | 16 | | 14 Provisioners legally changed their name to the Illinois |
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17 | 17 | | 15 Association of Meat Processors in 1975 to reflect the evolving |
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18 | 18 | | 16 meat processing industry, with the widespread availability of |
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19 | 19 | | 17 home freezers decreasing the demand for customers to rent meat |
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20 | 20 | | 18 lockers as well as the increased need for technical |
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21 | 21 | | 19 information for processing and regulatory needs; the legal |
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22 | 22 | | 20 name change also reflects the association's affiliation with |
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23 | 23 | | 21 the American Association of Meat Processors; and |
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24 | 24 | | 22 WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Meat Processors is a |
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33 | 33 | | 1 membership-driven, non-profit corporation that serves the |
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34 | 34 | | 2 needs of small to mid-sized meat processing establishments |
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35 | 35 | | 3 throughout Illinois and the businesses that supply them; and |
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36 | 36 | | 4 WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Meat Processors has |
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37 | 37 | | 5 assisted members with legislative and inspective issues as |
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38 | 38 | | 6 well as membership networking though tours and the annual |
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39 | 39 | | 7 convention and trade show; and |
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40 | 40 | | 8 WHEREAS, Throughout the history of the Illinois |
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41 | 41 | | 9 Association of Meat Processors, the focus has been to create |
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42 | 42 | | 10 opportunities through educational events and tours, develop |
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43 | 43 | | 11 partnerships with industries who support meat processing, and |
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44 | 44 | | 12 form partnerships with other agricultural organizations to |
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45 | 45 | | 13 maximize forward progress of the agricultural economy in |
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46 | 46 | | 14 Illinois; and |
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47 | 47 | | 15 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Association of Meat |
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48 | 48 | | 16 Processors have continued to give back to their communities |
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49 | 49 | | 17 through their countless donations to food pantries and |
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50 | 50 | | 18 participation in food insecurity programs over the years, |
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51 | 51 | | 19 including such programs as the Illinois Deer Donation, Pork |
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52 | 52 | | 20 Power, Grain for Good, Feeding Illinois, Sportsmen Against |
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53 | 53 | | 21 Hunger, Hunters Feeding the Hungry, and many more; and |
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54 | 54 | | 22 WHEREAS, For nearly 40 years, The Illinois Association of |
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65 | 65 | | 1 Meat Processors has awarded scholarships to meat science |
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66 | 66 | | 2 students at the University of Illinois; and |
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67 | 67 | | 3 WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Meat Processors is |
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68 | 68 | | 4 the leading organization in Illinois that represents small to |
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69 | 69 | | 5 medium sized primarily independently owned meat processing |
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70 | 70 | | 6 establishments as well as the industry partners that serve the |
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71 | 71 | | 7 meat industry and academia in the meat science field; |
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72 | 72 | | 8 therefore, be it |
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73 | 73 | | 9 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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74 | 74 | | 10 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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75 | 75 | | 11 we congratulate the Illinois Association of Meat Processors on |
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76 | 76 | | 12 the occasion of its 50th anniversary and honor the many years |
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77 | 77 | | 13 of service that it has provided to the State of Illinois; and |
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78 | 78 | | 14 be it further |
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