Publication Offers Direct Marketers Guidance on Meat Labeling

A new publication from the University of Tennessee Institute for Agriculture, Labeling Meat from Livestock and Poultry: Guidance for Direct Farm Marketers, provides information to help value-added meat producers understand federal and Tennessee-specific labeling regulations and navigate label approval processes. The guide is available free online in PDF. It covers topics such as the agencies regulating meat labels, USDA FSIS definitions of labels and labeling, minimum labeling requirements at the federal and state levels, USDA FSIS label approval processes and the steps involved in requesting and receiving approval to use special statements and claims on meat product labels.