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Meat Institute

Meat Institute Political Action Committee ('MEAT PAC')

Trade association PAC FEC C00024281

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$92K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.1M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Meat Institute reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 6 of 8 · Clean Air and Water (quality) 5 of 8 · 2 more · Show all 9
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace6 of 86/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)5 of 85/8
  • Environment/Superfund5 of 85/8
  • Health Issues5 of 85/8

Bills named in the filings 1 bill, this period

From the filings

“International trade, marketing & regulatory issues, farm bill issues, cattle market issues, food safety, nutrition”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
“International trade, marketing & regulatory issues, farm bill issues, cattle market issues”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • CommerceDOC
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Treasury
  • Occupational Safety & Health AdministrationOSHA

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Meat Institute, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 33 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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