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This law had required retailers to provide country-of-origin labeling for fresh beef, pork, and lamb. The program exempted processed meats. The United States Congress passed an expansion of the COOL requirements on September 29, 2008, to include more food items such as fresh fruits, nuts and vegetables.
The USDA grading system uses eight different grades to represent various levels of marbling in beef: Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter, and Canner. The grades are based on two main criteria: the degree of marbling (intramuscular fat) in the beef, and the maturity (estimated age of the animal at slaughter).
A screenshot from the electronic grading system showing USDA Choice, Yield Grade 2 beef. The left is the natural color view of the cut; the right is the instrument enhanced view that details the amount of marbling, size, and fat thickness. Optical sorting achieves non-destructive, 100 percent inspection in-line at full production volumes.
The FSIS's parent organization, the U.S. Department of Agriculture was founded in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln. [14] Harvey W. Wiley, M.D, who was appointed to the position of chief chemist at the USDA in 1883 devoted his career to the struggle against foodborne illnesses, by among other things campaigning for the Pure Food and Drug Act. [15]
It’s about the common-sense idea that a product labeled chicken, beef, or pork, should actually come from an animal." ... Kim Reynolds signs Iowa labeling law cracking down on plant-based meat ...
Mandatory country-of-origin labeling of food sold in the United States; Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act; Public Law 114-214, regulating GMO food labeling; Pure Food and Drug Act; Standards of identity for food; Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations; United States v. Correll; United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels Alleged ...
The USDA is urging consumers to check their freezers for potentially contaminated packages of ground beef sold in the last month. USDA issues national alert on contaminated ground beef Skip to ...
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent out a recall notice for Wolverine Packing Co., a company out of Detroit, Michigan, which is recalling about 167,277 pounds of ground ...