FSIS Releases Proposal on Product USA Labels for Meat, Poultry, Egg Products
The Food Safety and Inspection Service on March 6 released a pre-publication version of a proposed rule that would set new requirements for labeling meat, poultry and egg products as “Product of USA” or “Made in USA.” Under the proposed rule, the claims could only be made on products “derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered and processed” in the U.S. The notice has not as of press time been scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
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Under the proposed rule, the “Product of USA” label claims would continue to be voluntary and remain eligible for generic label approval, “meaning it would not need to be pre-approved” by FSIS “before it could be used on regulated product, but would require supporting documentation to be on file for agency inspection personnel to verify,” the agency said in a news release. “The rulemaking also proposes to allow other voluntary U.S. origin claims we see on meat, poultry and egg products sold in the marketplace,” FSIS said. “These claims would need to include a description on the package of all preparation and processing steps that occurred in the United States upon which the claim is made.”