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- December 1, 2024
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Look For These Labels When Buying Meat
Eating high-quality foods is essential when living a healthy lifestyle. In addition to getting your daily dose of fresh fruits and vegetables, the quality of meat that you eat is vital. If you do eat beef, bison, goat or lamb, be sure to look for these labels to ensure you’re getting meat that was raised humanely and is free of antibiotics or growth hormones, chemicals that can be detrimental to your health.
- American Grassfed Association: American Grassfed Association (AGA) is a producer-founded and run non-profit organization that supports American Family Farms and Ranchers through certification, advocacy, education and other programs.
- Animal Welfare Approved: Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW (AWA) is an independent, nonprofit farm certification program—and now one of the nation’s top 5 fastest growing certifications and label claims.
- Certified Humane: Humane Farm Animal Care DBA Certified Humane® is dedicated to improving the lives of farm animals in food production from birth through slaughter.
- Global Animal Partnership: Global Animal Partnership drives meaningful, continuous improvement of farm animal welfare through multi-level standards development, application, and verification across the supply chain.
- Food Alliance Certified: Food Alliance is a nonprofit organization that provides a comprehensive, whole system certification that addresses safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and environmental stewardship for farmers, ranchers, and the food and beverage industries.
2 Comments
E. Harmon
4 years agoHello,
After reading your article I took a look at a package of ground beef just purchased from our local Publix. Nowhere on the label is there any indication of the conditions or source of how the ground beef handled, fed or produced. As a now retired inspector and inspector general I recall the requirement for products to label with it’s origins, specifically produce and seafood. I have been out of the food inspection loop for several years. My question, are meat labels for the source of how animals are fed and handled required to identified on meat packages? Your artical does not have any mention of this.
adminblkfit
4 years agoAccording to our research, the source of how animals are fed and handled are NOT currently required on meat packaging. Some manufacturers will add this type information to show the quality of their product, much like a package will say “Made with all organic ingredients” or similar. Some packaging on eggs will say “Cage-free” or similar, as a way of adding value to their product. Thanks for reading and visiting our website!