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HSUS files complaint against Pork Board

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has filed a complaint with the USDA over the National Pork Board’s use of checkoff funds.

HSUS claims the Pork Board is using checkoff dollars to fund lobbying efforts of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).

At issue is what HSUS says is the Pork Board’s involvement with NPPC’s Pork Alliance program. Because funds from the Pork Alliance program are used for lobbying purposes, HSUS argues that it is illegal for the Pork Board to be associated with that effort.

In an email to meatpoultry.com, the National Pork Board said that it is not a member of the Pork Alliance, although it does sponsor a dinner at the fall meeting of the Pork Alliance.

In late September, HSUS filed a lawsuit charging that the Pork Board “struck an unlawful deal” when it bought “The Other White Meat” slogan from NPPC in 2006.  HSUS says the sale was nothing more than a way for the checkoff-funded Pork Board to funnel money to NPPC. 

It is illegal to use checkoff dollars for lobbying.

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