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USDA/FSIS | RIN: 0583-AD30 | Publication ID: Spring 2008 |
Title: Product Labeling: Use of the Voluntary Claim Natural on the Labeling of Meat and Poultry Products | |
Abstract: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) as part of its process to establish the conditions under which the Agency will permit the voluntary claim natural to be used on the labeling of meat and poultry products. After considering comments on the natural claim submitted by the public in response to a Federal Register notice that the Agency issued on December 5, 2006, and the comments presented at a public meeting held by the Agency on December 12, 2006, FSIS has decided to solicit additional public input before it issues a proposed rule on this subject. The comments submitted to the Agency expressed widely divergent and sometimes conflicting views on what the claim natural as applied to meat and poultry products should mean. FSIS has concluded that another round of preliminary comments, focused by a defined set of alternatives that address the use of the natural claim on the labels of meat and poultry products, could help resolve the issues surrounding natural. Therefore, the Agency is publishing this ANPRM to solicit more focused comments on the issue. | |
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 317 9 CFR 381 | |
Legal Authority: 21 USC 601 et seq 21 USC 421 et seq |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Charles Gioglio Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Administrator Office of Policy and Program Development Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250 Phone:202 720-5025 Fax:202 720-2025 Email: charles.gioglio@fsis.usda.gov |