NMA Membership Categories
At National Meat Association there are several categories of membership:
General includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in the slaughtering of livestock or the processing, sale and distribution of meat, poultry, meat food products and poultry food products or engaged in the wholesaling or jobbing of meat, poultry, meat food products and poultry food products in the United States, and has a grant of meat and/or poultry inspection.
Allied includes any person, firm or corporation engaged primarily in buying, taking possession and selling meat and meat food products and animal by-products in the United States.
Associate includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in supplying non-meat supplies and equipment, or that brings them into continuing contact with the industry activities of General Members and Allied Industry Members.
International includes any person, firm or corporation who would be eligible to be a General, Allied or Associate Members but for the fact that its operations are carried on outside the United States.
Student includes any Juniors, Seniors or Graduate Students majoring in Animal/Food/Meat Science in a college or university in the United States.
General includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in the slaughtering of livestock or the processing, sale and distribution of meat, poultry, meat food products and poultry food products or engaged in the wholesaling or jobbing of meat, poultry, meat food products and poultry food products in the United States, and has a grant of meat and/or poultry inspection.
Allied includes any person, firm or corporation engaged primarily in buying, taking possession and selling meat and meat food products and animal by-products in the United States.
Associate includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in supplying non-meat supplies and equipment, or that brings them into continuing contact with the industry activities of General Members and Allied Industry Members.
International includes any person, firm or corporation who would be eligible to be a General, Allied or Associate Members but for the fact that its operations are carried on outside the United States.
Student includes any Juniors, Seniors or Graduate Students majoring in Animal/Food/Meat Science in a college or university in the United States.