The Mission of AMSA
AMSA is a broad-reaching organization of individuals that develops and disseminates its collective food and animal science knowledge to provide meat science education and professional development.
More Than Half a Century of Service
The AMSA’s roots are a half century deep in meat science, beginning with the first Reciprocal Meat Conference held in 1948. Formally incorporated in 1964, AMSA is organized as a professional society. Its unique role is to provide the forum for all interests in meat—commercial, academic, government and consumer—to come together in a reasoned, scientifically-based atmosphere and address the needs of the processing and marketing segments of industry, the consuming public, its own members and others in the biological and nutritional sciences.
Development of Meat Science in the United States
This article was published in 1998 by AMSA and was penned by the first president of the association, R. W. Bray.
AMSA's Strategic Plan
AMSA adopted its current strategic plan in September, 2006. For a complete look at what the future holds for AMSA, check it out.