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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS is proposing to amend its labeling regulations to establish criteria for when meat products derived from calves can be called "veal."  FSIS is proposing to define a calf as young bovine of either sex that has not reached puberty (generally younger than nine months) and has a maximum live weight of 750 pounds. Under the proposed rule, veal would be the codified common or usual name for products derived from calves raised primarily on a liquid diet, and red veal would be the codified common or usual name for products derived from calves raised on a diet that includes grain and forages. In addition, the proposed rule would establish codified criteria for labeling veal products as special-fed veal, formula-fed veal, or milk-fed veal and would codify criteria for labeling red veal products as pastured-raised veal.