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FSIS has concluded that its current labeling policy, which permits meat and poultry products that were derived from animals that may have been born, raised and slaughtered in another
country but processed in the United States to be labeled as "Product of USA," may
be causing confusion in the marketplace, particularly with respect to certain
imported meat products. Therefore, FSIS is denying the petition and has decided to
initiate rulemaking to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat
products would be permitted to bear voluntary statements that indicate that the
product is of U.S. origin, such as "Product of USA" or "Made in the USA." As
discussed below, we intend to propose that such labeling be limited to meat
products derived from livestock that were slaughtered and processed in the United
States.
Since then, they wrote, the flow of imported beef has contributed to rising profits of meatpackers at the expense of American cattle ranchers. In 2016, the year after the repeal, processors made nearly $200 in profit per cow, while the people who fed them lost $380 per head. The divide is still growing. Last week, as processors were earning over $600 per animal, and ranchers continued to post losses, a bipartisan group of senators urged the Department of Justice to investigate possible price-fixing.
https://thecounter.org/country-of-origin-label-cool-american-beef-usda-grassfed/
country but processed in the United States to be labeled as "Product of USA," may
be causing confusion in the marketplace, particularly with respect to certain
imported meat products. Therefore, FSIS is denying the petition and has decided to
initiate rulemaking to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat
products would be permitted to bear voluntary statements that indicate that the
product is of U.S. origin, such as "Product of USA" or "Made in the USA." As
discussed below, we intend to propose that such labeling be limited to meat
products derived from livestock that were slaughtered and processed in the United
States.
Since then, they wrote, the flow of imported beef has contributed to rising profits of meatpackers at the expense of American cattle ranchers. In 2016, the year after the repeal, processors made nearly $200 in profit per cow, while the people who fed them lost $380 per head. The divide is still growing. Last week, as processors were earning over $600 per animal, and ranchers continued to post losses, a bipartisan group of senators urged the Department of Justice to investigate possible price-fixing.
https://thecounter.org/country-of-origin-label-cool-american-beef-usda-grassfed/
