The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) submitted comments to USDA and HHS questioning the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s (DGAC) recommendations and what the institute called an “inconsistent review of nutrition evidence.”
NAMI’s comments emphasized the nutrition benefits of meat and poultry products, including red and processed meats, which it says should be a foundation of government nutrition policy. The institute was also critical of lean meat’s relegation to mere footnote status in the DGAC report.