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FSIS to Hold a Public Meeting to Help Define 'Natural' Label
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2006 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) today announced a public meeting to discuss a petition to establish a definition for the voluntary
claim "natural" and to gather comments on conditions under which the claim should be allowed to be used on the
labels of meat and poultry products.
The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the south end of the USDA
cafeteria, South Agriculture Building, 1400 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, D.C. Pre-registration for the
meeting is recommended. To pre-register, please go to FSIS' Web site at
https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117144146/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Meetings_&_Events/. The petition is
available for viewing on FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov.
FSIS is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat,
poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome and accurately labeled. FSIS develops and implements policies to
ensure that meat, poultry and egg product labeling is truthful and non-misleading.
Comments on this notice are welcome and may be submitted either through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov or electronically to
FSIS.RegulationsComments@usda.gov.
For details pertaining to the public meeting, contact Dr. Robert C. Post, director, FSIS Labeling and Consumer
Protection Staff, Office of Policy Program and Employee Development, at (202) 205-0279. Persons unable to
pre-register on-line or requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations for the public
meeting should contact Diane Jones at (202) 720-9692 or by e-mail to Diane.Jones@fsis.usda.gov.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is considering the development of a voluntary standard to address
production practices associated with the term "naturally raised" for livestock. Three listening sessions will
be held, the first being at 1 p.m. on Dec. 11 in the Jefferson Auditorium of the South Agriculture building,
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington D.C. For more information on the Listening Session, please visit the
AMS Web site at: https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117144146/http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/ or contact Martin E.
O'Connor, Chief, Standards, Analysis, and Technology Branch, AMS Livestock and Seed Program, on (202) 720-4486 or
by e-mail at: martin.oconnor@usda.gov.
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