Twelve new Members chosen as the industry’s ‘best of the best’

Induction Ceremony set for Oct. 30, 2010, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

KANSAS CITY, July 5, 2010—The Class of 2010 has been elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, according to Hall officials. The 12 new members were chosen from a list of more than 50 nominees by the Hall’s Board of Trustees and the Members of last year’s inaugural class. The nominees included an all-star list of executives, scientists, innovators and association leaders from all sectors of the industry.

"We are delighted with the twelve new Members of the Class of 2010,” said Dan Murphy, Executive Director and co-founder of the Hall of Fame. “These are people who have helped foster much of the profound change and remarkable progress of our North American meat industry. We’re proud to celebrate their legacies.”