date:Sep 12, 2013
four years. WTO ordered the United States to revise its regulations by May of this year.
The latest rule requires more specific labels. Each package must identify where the animals that yielded the meat were born, raised and slaughtered. All the meat in a package must come from the same source, ending the practice of commingling for everything except ground meat.
When it issued the latest rule, USDA said it would allow six months for compliance. It estimated the 7,200 processors and retailers