Health & Safety
We look forward to seeing you in Dallas, TX, and we are pleased to share our updated safety plan for the Annual Meat Conference. As the COVID-19 landscape evolves, we remain dedicated to providing the safest and healthiest environment possible for all participants, and we ask for your partnership in that endeavor. We have implemented a layered approach to illness prevention. Here’s our Action Plan.
Action Plan
The health and safety of all Annual Meat Conference attendees is of the utmost importance. To ensure a safe environment for all guests, we urge all attendees to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus or to administer a COVID test showing a negative result prior to arrival.
Masks will not be required, but many of our attendees may choose to wear them. Please follow CDC guidelines. If you are at high risk for severe illness, please talk to your health care provider about mask-wearing and other precautions; stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines; and get tested if you have symptoms.
We ask that attendees:
- Stay home if you feel sick or if you’re experiencing symptoms associated with the flu or COVID-19 variants.
Assumption of the Risk and Waiver of Liability Relating to Event Access By Participants
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact.
As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend social distancing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people. Governmental restrictions may change at any time without prior notice. As such, FMI-The Food Industry Association (“FMI”) and North American Meat Institute (“NAMI”) cannot guarantee eligibility to travel or to participate in the 2023 Annual Meat Conference event (“the Event”) if restrictions change. Additionally, if Event Attendees choose to attend the Event and enter the Hilton Anatole (“the Hotel”) premises, they may be exposing themselves to and/or increasing your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19. FMI, NAMI and its members, officers, officials, directors, instructors, contractors, agents, employees, and any other representative (collectively “Entities”) and the Hotel will seek to implement preventative measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 consistent with the guidance and recommendations of public health agencies for slowing the transmission and exposure to COVID-19 which may include, but not be limited to, health questionnaires for all Event participants, sanitation procedures, and physical distancing measures at the Hotel and during the Event.
By registering and/or agreeing to participate in the Event, you, on your behalf and on behalf of each individual included in your registration and/or travelling with you (“Registrant”), acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and voluntarily assume the risk that you may be exposed to or infected by COVID-19 by accessing the Event in-person and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, and death. As such, you accept the terms of this Assumption of the Risk and Waiver of Liability. Registrants understand that the risk of becoming exposed to or infected by COVID-19 may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of yourself and others, including, but not limited to, Entities, Hotel, their respective employees, agents, contractors, volunteers, and other Event participants. Registrants agree to abide by all preventative measures (collectively “Measures”) put in place by FMI, NAMI, Hotel, their respective employees, agents, contractors, and volunteers at any time prior to and during the Event. Registrants acknowledge that personal failure to follow these Measures may result in being removed from the Event and all related activities without any refund or reimbursement. Finally, Registrants acknowledge that no promises, representations, or affirmations of fact were made to you concerning the safety or danger associated with traveling to the Event or participating in any activity or interaction related to or associated with the Event.
