NATIONAL PORK BOARD ALLOCATES 2.4 MLN DLRS The National Pork Board on Monday allocated 2.4 mln dlrs in discretionary funds, collected from the 100 pct national checkoff program, to three industry organizations. The National Pork Producers Council, NPPC, will receive almost 1.8 mln dlrs for use in the areas of food service, consumer education and marketing. In addition the board allocated 375,000 dlrs in use in "Pork - The Other White Meat" campaign, according to a Pork Board spokesperson. The National Livestock and Meat Board will receive 644,000 dlrs to continue work in educating health care officials. 120,000 dlrs in matching funds will be provided to the meat board for use in the development of a better market for processed meats. The Meat Export Federation was awarded 50,000 dlrs to increase the market for chilled and processed U.S. pork in Japan and Singapore. Retail stores in these two countries will be providing additional funding for the program. A total of 5,000 dlrs for work in encouraging McDonalds to expand its McRib sandwich to Japan and Singapore was also awarded to the Meat export Federation.