Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 9/21/21


USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has responded to petition sponsors with differing opinions about how lab-grown “meat” and “beef” should be labeled. The FSIS Office of Policy and Program Development has denied the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association’s petition asking the agency to “limit the definition of “meat” and “beef” to products derived from animals “born, raised, and harvested in the traditional manner.” The petition from the Cattlemen’s Association has been pending since its submission on Feb. 9, 2018.

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