IS—Lancastar Farming. Saturday, Ftb. 2. 1974
Nutrition Labeling
for Meat, Poultry
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) asked
for public comments on a
proposed voluntary nutrition
labeling program for meat
and poultry products.
The effective date for the
USDA program would
coincide with the* Dec. 31,
1974 effective date
established earlier this year
by the Food and Drug Ad*
ministration (FDA) for all
other foods.
According to Animal and
Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) officials,
the proposal provides for
voluntary participation on
the part of meat and poultry
processors. If a processor
elects to participate in the
program, he would conform
to regulations governing the
type and content of nutrition
information and its
placement on the consumer
package.
APHIS officials stated
that the voluntary program
would be mandatory.
however, for processors who
make nutrition claims for
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Proposed
Products
their products-such as
"High In Protein."
Processors who add
vitamins, minerals or
protein to their products,
would also come under the
mandatory sections of the
program proposed today.
The only exception would be
those processors who add
nutrients to their products
for specific technological
reasons**such as the use of
ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in
cured meats to accelerate
the curing process. In this
case, the processor would
have to list the ascorbic acid
only in the ingredient
statement on the label.
Under the proposal,
nutrition information would
be titled, “Nutrition In
formation Per Serving (or
Portion,” The serving size,
the number of servings in the
package, the calories,
protein, carbohydrate and
fat content per serving would
appear under this heading.
The amount of each
nutrient listed would be
accurately stated. Qn
products which require
cooking, the label would also
show the nutrient levels
remaining after cooking.
Immediately adjacent to
the nutrition information,
the processor would list the
“Percentage of U. S.
Recommended Daily
Allowances, (U.S. RDA)”
per serving for protein,
vitamin A, vitamin C,
thiamine, riboflavin, niacin,
calcium and iron.
Under today’s proposal,
nutrition labels would be
submitted by the processor
to APHIS for approval. The
processor would also have to
submit a plan for an inplant
quality control program to
assure the product meets the
nutritional values stated on
the label.
Upon entering the
nutrition labeling program,
the processing plant will be
under quality control
monitoring by APHIS meat
and poultry inspectors in
addition to their regular
inspection procedures.
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2 percent from last year. If the expectations
materialize, there will be 1.52 million acres planted to
corn for all purposes and 415,000 acres seeded to
oats.
Soybean plantings are expected to be 21 percent
more than last year. If these intentions are carried
out, there will be 70,000 acres in Pennsylvania
planted to soybeans this year.
Barley plantings in the Commonwealth are ex
pected to total 172,000 acres, the same as last year.
Pennsylvania farmers have planted 30 percent
more acres to winter wheat for harvest in 1974 than
they planted for harvest in 1973. If current forecasts
of yield materializes, the winter wheat crop will
be 30 percent larger than the 1973 crop.
Based upon a January 1 survey of grower intentions
in 34 states, the following crop acreages are expected
to be planted for 1974:
Corn -- 77.4 million acres, 10 percent more than a
year earlier. Soybeans -- 54.9 million acres, down 3.3
percent from the previous year and the first time
since 1958 that acreage has not increased over the
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