When John Butts, Ph.D., vice president of research at Land O’Frost, received the American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF) Scientific Achievement Award in the fall of 2009, AMI president and CEO Patrick Boyle noted Butts’ profound effect on the food-safety efforts across the meat industry.
In the news release announcing the award, AMIF also commended Butts for “embracing the philosophy that food safety should be a non-competitive issue.”