The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has granted a request for a deadline extension for the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association’s petition to define the terms beef and meat. USCA’s Director of Policy and Outreach Lia Biondo says the original deadline was this month but now it’s been extended to May 17.
She says the petition seeks to eliminate plant-based products being labeled as beef and meat.
Biondo says there is a wide range of cattle groups and agricultural organizations supporting their petition. However, they’d also like to see individual producers file their comments as well.
Comments can be made either to the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association’s website or through the federal register site. The petition number is 1801 and the deadline to comment is May 17.
