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USDA proposes new requirements for 'Product of USA' labels

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a proposed rule with new requirements on "Product of USA" labels in an effort to increase transparency and help ensure consumers understand where their food comes from.

Announced Monday, the proposed rule allows the voluntary label "Product of USA or "Made in the USA" claim be used on meat, poultry and egg products only when they are derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered and processed in the U.S. "American consumers expect that when they buy a meat product at the grocery store, the claims they see on the label mean what they say," agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement. "These proposed changes are intended to provide consumers with accurate information to make informed purchasing decisions.

Our action today affirms USDA’s commitment to ensuring accurate and truthful product labeling."Under the proposed rule, the "Product of USA" label claim would continue to be voluntary, but would require supporting documentation to be on file for agency inspection personnel to verify.A customer looks at a U.S.

beef product at a branch of U.S. owned supermarket Costco on August 9, 2006 in Chiba, Japan. The Japanese government lifted the ban on the import of U.S.

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