LABELING CATEGORIES
The law expressly establishes four general categories of meat products.
Product of the United States
– A covered commodity is eligible for
designation as “Product of the U.S.” only if it
is derived “exclusively from an animal that is
exclusively born, raised and slaughtered in the
United States.”
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Multiple countries of
origin – A product is deemed to have
multiple countries of origin if the animal from
which it was derived was born and/or raised in
a different country or countries and then
slaughtered in the U.S. Covered
commodities in this category would have
to identify all the relevant
countries. |
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Animals imported for
immediate slaughter –
Covered commodities from
animals raised in another country but
slaughtered in the U.S. would fall into this
category. |
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Imported finished
products to be sold at retail – Meat
products imported from another country would be
labeled as a product of that country.
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