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SHOW PREVIEW

Rolling into Mobile
AAMP will hold its annual convention and expo, July 25-27
BY RYA N M CC A R T H Y | r m c c a r t hy @ s o s l a n d.c o m

The American Association of Meat
Processors (AAMP) will hold its 80th
annual convention in Mobile, Alabama,
this summer.
Processors, packers, retailers,
wholesalers, HRI operators, caterers,
deli operators, home foodservice
dealers and catalog marketers, as
well as both members and nonmembers of AAMP, are encouraged
to attend the event from July 25-27
at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview
Plaza Hotel.
Attendees can kick off the show
with pre-convention activities including
the German Butchers' Association
demonstration. The group will host
three morning sessions and three
afternoon sessions discussing the work
they did with German master butchers
in Frankfurt, Germany, during the IFFA
trade show in May.
AAMP is also providing a preconvention beach day trip to Pensacola
Beach, Florida, on July 24. Attendees
can travel on air-conditioned buses
with their friends and families to
enjoy a day at the beach before the
convention and trade show begin.
That night, AAMP President Chad
Lottman will host the President's
Reception at the Renaissance Hotel
from 6 to 8 p.m.
The first full day of the convention,

Thursday, July 25, will start with the
Welcoming Session at 8 a.m. Opening
remarks will be made by Lottman
along with the presentation of the
Outstanding Service Award and the
F. W. Witt Supplier of the Year Award.
The keynote speaker will be Paul
Kiecker, the deputy administrator for
the US Dept. of Agriculture's Food
Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS). Kiecker has worked
for the agency for 30 years
in various areas including
food safety, public
health and modernizing
inspection systems.
Educational sessions
are open to all attendees
throughout the convention.
The exhibit hall will open with a
ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. on Thursday,
July 25. The exhibit floor will be open
each day - July 25, 26 and 27 - for 3 to
3 ½ hours.
Various networking opportunities
will also be part of the annual
convention. Don't miss the Welcome
Reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on
Thursday, July 25 at the USS Alabama
and a cocktail reception. Closing
Social will be held on Saturday, July
27 starting at 5 p.m. in the Bon Secour
Bay Ballroom at the Renaissance.
During the Closing Social, AAMP's

annual awards will be presented
and a drawing will be held for a
trip for two to the 2020 American
Convention of Meat Processors &
Suppliers' Exhibition in Des Moines,
Iowa. The prize will include airfare,
accommodations, convention
registration and tickets to the social
events during the 2020 show.
Always a highlight of
each year's AAMP event,
the American Cured
Meat Championships
(ACMC) with be
held in conjunction
with the University
Class competition. The
University Class provides a
venue for students who have an
interest in processed meats to compete
at the intercollegiate level.
The ACMC awards will name a
Grand Champion, Reserve Grand
Champion, Champion and Reserve
Champion in 29 different classes
including the 2019 Featured Class of
Specialty Liver and Loaf product.
Non-AAMP members are welcome
to attend the convention - those
belonging to other national trade
organizations will receive the same
AAMP member registration rate.
For more information on the
convention, go to www.aamp.com.

The 2019 AAMP Convention's educational sessions include:
HUMANE HANDLING with Terry
Houser, Ph.D., Kansas State Univ.
- July 25: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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INSURANCE: PROPERTY &
GENERAL LIABILITY with Cole
Williams, Insurance Associates
- July 25: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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ASK THE LAWYER with Richard
Alaniz, Alaniz Law & Associates
- July 25: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

RENDERING ALTERNATIVES, Jake
Sailer, Sailer's Food Market &
Meat Processing Inc. - July 25:
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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