The United States Cattlemen’s Association’s (USCA) efforts on truthful beef labeling will be supported this month with multiple fundraising events being organized by producers across the state on Montana.
Earlier this year, USCA filed a petition for rulemaking to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to define the terms “beef” and “meat” as used by alternative protein sources. These plant-based and lab-created products are using the terms “beef” and “meat” on their products, a highly misleading and incorrect use of those terms.
USCA’s petition requests USDA FSIS to limit the use of the terms “beef” and “meat” to products only derived from traditionally-raised livestock.USCA is member-driven and member-funded. These fundraising events will raise money to continue efforts to ensure truthful, transparent, and honest labeling on U.S. beef products. Here's what a few folks had to say about the events: Maggie Nutter, USCA Director and rancher in Sweetgrass Hills: “I am so excited to see USCA taking action on strengthening the definition of “Meat” and “Beef.”
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