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RIN: 0583-AD30

Publication ID: Spring 2011

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) has issued 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 decided to solicit additional public input. FSIS concluded that another round of preliminary comments could help resolve the issues surrounding "natural." Therefore, the Agency published 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: Proposed Rule 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: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	09/14/2009	74 FR 46951
ANPRM Comment Period End	11/13/2009
NPRM	08/00/2011

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	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: Rosalyn Murphy-Jenkins Director, Labeling and Program Delivery Staff (LPDS) Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Office of Policy and Program Development, Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 8-148, Mailstop 5273, Washington, DC 20250-5273 Phone:301 504-0879 Fax:202 245-4792 Email: rosalyn.murphy-jenkins@fsis.usda.gov