Agriculture Department, Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSIS is amending its regulations to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products under mandatory inspection, as well as voluntarily inspected products, may bear voluntary label claims indicating that the product is of United States origin. As of the compliance date of this final rule, establishments will not need to include these claims on the label, but if they choose to include them, they will need to meet the requirements in this rule.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service 9 CFR Parts 317, 381, and 412 [Docket No. FSIS 2022-0015] RIN 0583-AD87 ( printed page 19470) AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: FSIS is amending its regulations to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products under mandatory inspection, as well as voluntarily inspected products, may bear voluntary label claims indicating that the product is of United States origin. As of the compliance date of this final rule, establishments will not need to include these claims on the label, but if they choose to include them, they will need to meet the requirements in this rule. DATES: Effective date: May 17, 2024. Compliance date: Establishments choosing to include voluntary U.S.-origin claims on the labels of FSIS-regulated products will need to comply with the new regulatory requirements under 9 CFR 412.3 on the next uniform compliance date for new labeling regulations, January 1, 2026. Comment date: Submit comments on the revised FSIS Guideline for Label Approval on or before May 17, 2024. ADDRESSES: A downloadable version of the revised FSIS Guideline for Label Approval is available to view and print at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/​guidelines/​2024-0001 . FSIS invites interested persons to submit comment on the revised FSIS Guideline for Label Approval. Comments may be submitted by one of the fol…
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Citation: 89 FR 19470
