EPA Should Not Rush Proposal on Update to Effluent Limitations for Meat and Poultry Products

It has been nearly 20 years since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated the effluent limitation guidelines for meat and poultry processing plants, and the agency is now quietly taking steps to make a proposal on new standards. Chris Young, executive director for the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP), joins the Food For Thought podcast this week to talk through the process thus far.

In this episode, Young says the industry is, of course, not opposed to environmental regulations, but AAMP wants to shed light on some of the fundamental issues with the data the EPA assembled to put together this update, particularly in relation to the ability of small to mid-size meat and poultry processors to meet standards set more in tune to large processing facilities.