FSIS Updates Guidelines on Label Approvals for US-Origin Label Claims
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has updated its guidelines on label approvals, according to a Federal Register notice. The guidelines are meant to help establishments meet new requirements for use of voluntary U.S.-origin label claims on FSIS-regulated products, per the final rule “Voluntary Labeling of FSIS Regulated Products with U.S.-Origin Claims.”
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The guidelines include an update on imports of edible natural casings: "FSIS recognizes that most edible natural casings produced in the United States are exported to foreign countries to be processed (e.g., cleaned), then imported back to the United States for use as an ingredient in multi-ingredient meat products," FSIS said. "Therefore, FSIS has updated the guideline to clarify that multi-ingredient FSIS-regulated products made with edible natural casings that are processed outside the United States are eligible for label use of the voluntary U.S.-origin claims 'Product of USA' or 'Made in the USA,' provided that the product meets all other requirements" required by law.