On June 1, 2017, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a notice in the Federal Register addressing the dollar limitations on the amount of meat and meat food products, poultry, and poultry products that a retail store can sell to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions without disqualifying [...]
On December 1, 2016, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a proposed rule updating its Nutrition Facts Labeling regulations. The proposed rule largely parallels the final rule issued by FDA to revising Nutrition Facts Labeling. The FSIS proposed rule also updates Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACCs). Among [...]
On December 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service published revisions to guidance on food product dating. The new guidance is aimed at reducing food waste through encouraging food manufacturers and retailers that apply product dating to use a “Best if Used By” date label. This post summarizes the [...]
On December 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published in the Federal Register an announcement that January 1, 2020, will be the uniform compliance date for meat and poultry labeling regulations that are issued in calendar years 2017 and 2018. This action does not change existing requirements [...]
On August 19, 2016, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published Notice 54-16. The notice informs inspection program personnel (IPP) that meat and poultry products establishments or egg product plants may make claims using the abbreviation GMO on the labeling of a meat, poultry or egg product [...]
On May 9, 2016, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a notice in the Federal Register addressing the dollar limitations on the amount of meat and meat food products, poultry, and poultry products that a retail store can sell to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions without disqualifying [...]
On January 21, 2016, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar to review the final grind log rule issued by the Food Safety and Inspection Service of USDA on December 21, 2015. The rule requires retail stores and official establishments to maintain records of grinding activity of raw beef products. The webinar replay is [...]
On December 21, 2015, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a final rule to require that all official establishments and retail stores that grind raw beef products keep records that disclose the establishment numbers of all source materials that they use in the preparation of each lot of [...]
On March 1, 2013, the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) rule on Nutrition Labeling of Single Ingredient Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products became effective. The rule requires nutrition labeling of the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products on labels or at point-of-purchase. The rule also requires nutrition [...]
On May 13, 2015, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a final rule (the “Final Rule”) imposing new labeling requirements for raw and partially-cooked needle and blade tenderized beef, including beef products injected with a marinade or solution. The labeling requirements do not apply if the [...]
