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Change the rules on beef sold as a ‘Product of USA’
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<blockquote data-quote="HDRider" data-source="post: 1689409" data-attributes="member: 17025"><p>Will it make a difference? Will it be forgotten?</p><p></p><div style="margin-left: 20px">Under current labeling rules, most grass-fed beef labeled "Product of USA" is actually raised and slaughtered abroad but imported to the U.S. for processing.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">"The president and the USDA believe it is unfair for domestic farmers and ranchers to have to compete with foreign companies that are misleading consumers," she said.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement last week that the agency would initiate a "top-to-bottom" review of the "Product of USA" label that will help determine what the label means to consumers.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">"We have taken note of the many comments submitted to USDA and the FTC regarding meat labeling and understand that the current 'Product of USA' label on meat products may no longer effectively serve either of those purposes, to the detriment of consumers, producers, and fair and competitive markets," said Vilsack.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.islandernews.com/news/nation/white-house-to-change-rules-on-beef-sold-as-a-product-of-usa/article_7093c290-df18-11eb-a11c-337e45ca04bc.html[/URL]</div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HDRider, post: 1689409, member: 17025"] Will it make a difference? Will it be forgotten? [INDENT]Under current labeling rules, most grass-fed beef labeled “Product of USA” is actually raised and slaughtered abroad but imported to the U.S. for processing.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“The president and the USDA believe it is unfair for domestic farmers and ranchers to have to compete with foreign companies that are misleading consumers,” she said.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement last week that the agency would initiate a “top-to-bottom” review of the “Product of USA” label that will help determine what the label means to consumers.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“We have taken note of the many comments submitted to USDA and the FTC regarding meat labeling and understand that the current ‘Product of USA’ label on meat products may no longer effectively serve either of those purposes, to the detriment of consumers, producers, and fair and competitive markets,” said Vilsack.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.islandernews.com/news/nation/white-house-to-change-rules-on-beef-sold-as-a-product-of-usa/article_7093c290-df18-11eb-a11c-337e45ca04bc.html[/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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