USDA To Host Public Meetings on Animal Raising Claims and Sampling Procedures

(American Meat Institute)USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)  will host a public meeting on October 14 to review its policies on the use of animal raising claims in the labeling of meat and poultry products.

The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. An agenda will be available for review on FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/meetings_&_events/
index.asp.

FSIS is also hosting a one and a half day public meeting on October 14 and 15 to review its own sampling procedures and policies and those employed by non-FSIS entities, including the private sector.

FSIS will compile these issues into a list of discussion topics for a future series of quarterly public meetings on sampling. More information on the location and an upcoming agenda will be available soon at www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/
meetings_&_events/index.asp.