<searchTitle>Product Labeling: Use of the Voluntary Claim “Natural” in the Labeling of Meat and Poultry Products; Federal Register Vol. 74, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>PRORULE</granuleClass>
<accessId>E9-22036</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE</agency>
<agency order="2">Food Safety and Inspection Service</agency>
<commentDate>2009-11-13</commentDate>
<departmentDoc>Docket No. FSIS 2006-0040A</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>3410-DM-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>E9-22036</frDocNumber>
<action>Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.</action>
<summary>The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to assist the Agency in defining the conditions under which it will permit the voluntary claim "natural" to be used in the labeling of meat and poultry products. After considering comments on the "natural" claim submitted by the public in response to a Federal Register notice that the Agency issued on December 5, 2006, and the comments presented at a public meeting held by the Agency on December 12, 2006, FSIS has decided to solicit additional public input. FSIS has concluded that a further solicitation of comments could produce information that would help to clarify and resolve the issues surrounding the "natural" claim. Moreover, additional comment will help FSIS to assess how best to coordinate its regulation of "natural" claims with the standards for voluntary marketing claims developed by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), particularly with AMS's "naturally raised" marketing claim standard.</summary>
<dates>Comments are due by November 13, 2009.</dates>
<contact>Sally Jones, Acting Director, Labeling and Program Delivery Division, Office of Policy and Program Development USDA, FSIS, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, (202) 205-0623, e-mail: Sally.Jones@fsis.usda.gov.</contact>
<tocSubject1>Product Labeling:</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Use of the Voluntary Claim Natural in the Labeling of Meat and Poultry Products
, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>Sally.Jones@fsis.usda.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_and_events/email_subscription/</urlRef>
<urlRef>http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/larc/Policies/Labeling_Policy_Book_082005.pdf</urlRef>
<urlRef>http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Natural_Claims_Transcripts.pdf</urlRef>
<urlRef>http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/2009_Notices_Index/index.asp</urlRef>
<urlRef>http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Petition_Natural_Label_Claims/index.asp</urlRef>
<urlRef>http://www.regulations.gov</urlRef>
<urlRef>Regulations.gov</urlRef>