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             FSIS Finalizes
            Rule to Require Labeling of Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products 
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              On May 13, 2015, FSIS
            announced new labeling requirements for raw or partially cooked
            beef products that have been mechanically tenderized. These new
            requirements will become effective in May 2016.  
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            World Trade
            Body Rejects Country of Origin Labels on Meat 
             
             
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              Labels on packaged steaks and other cuts of red meat
            in the United States that say where the animals were born, raised
            and slaughtered will have to be dropped or revised after a World
            Trade Organization ruling. The office of the U.S. Trade
            Representative said the WTO has rejected a final U.S. appeal,
            deciding that the U.S. "country of origin" labels put
            Canadian and Mexican livestock at a disadvantage.  
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            USDA Process
            Verification Program Provides Non-GMO Certification Alternative 
             
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              The U.S. Department
            of Agriculture's Process Verification Program could provide an
            avenue for firms to certify the veracity of non-GMO claims without
            indirectly suggesting that genetic engineering is undesirable or
            unsafe.   
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            Obama
            Administration Near Ban On Trans-Fat: Report 
             
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            The Obama administration is expected to all but ban
            trans fat in a final ruling that could drop as soon as next week,
            killing most uses of an ingredient that has been put in everything
            from frozen pizza to Reese's Pieces but since deemed harmful to
            human health. 
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            House Ag Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Repeal
            Country of Origin Labeling 
             
             
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            The House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 2393, a
            bill ... that will effectively repeal country of origin
            labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken, while leaving
            intact the requirements for all other covered commodities. 
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            Procedures for
            Including a "Non-Genetically Engineered" Statement on
            Organic Meat and Poultry Products 
             
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            For meat or poultry products that are certified to the
            USDA organic regulations at 7 CFR part 205, an establishment may
            add a statement to the label of such a product about the non-use of
            genetically engineered ingredients or genetically engineered
            feed ... using the following procedures .... 
             
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