In a much-anticipated move, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released its updated Guideline on Substantiating Animal-Raising or Environment-Related Labeling ...

Country-of-origin labeling has long been a priority of groups representing farmers and ranchers, but meat companies have ...

The Agriculture Department on Monday issued a proposed new regulation restricting “Product of the USA” labels on meat, poultry and ... Our action today affirms USDA’s commitment to ensuring ...

Overview: Animals raised for meat ... that labels be approved before products go on the market, so on dairy and egg cartons, "no antibiotics" claims aren't verified. (The FDA, like the USDA ...

Instead, it is a term used to legitimize USDA standards such as a beef's class, or a grade like prime, choice, or organic. In short, the certified label gives you peace of mind that the meat you ...

Beyer notes that most meat sold in stores falls under natural classification, however, not all processors take the time to get their goods approved for the label. On the same note, the USDA ...

AWI sued the US Department of Agriculture in November for failing to respond to a four-and-a-half-year-old rulemaking petition. The petition calls for regulations under the Federal Meat Inspection Act ...

the meat will be Certified Naturally Grown. While some seek out certification alternatives to the organic label, Graznak says the cost and “arduous” process of getting USDA’s certification ...