The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing. The claims -- such as ...

USDA has tightened its guidance on validating animal-raising and environment-related claims on meat and poultry labeling in response to criticism that companies were making claims without backing them ...

On March 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in prepublication form a final rule establishing the requirements for voluntary United ...

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The Department of Agriculture plans to reexamine how the agency substantiates claims such as “raised without antibiotics” and “free-range” that companies use to market their meat and poultry products.

The USDA announced March 11 they have finalized a ruling on the "Product of USA" label claim that aims to promote transparency about the origins of the product. USDA’s final “Product of USA” rule ...

USDA is strengthening substantiation requirements for animal-raising claims on meat and dairy labels and promises to crackdown on false or misleading negative antibiotic claims after finding ...

Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that it will soon take steps to improve its label approval program for meat and poultry ...

Agriculture and food safety regulators set sights on these meat and poultry marketing claims, particularly those disclaiming use of antibiotics in beef The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service ...