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USDA tightens guidance for verifying climate-friendly, antibiotic claims on animal product labels

08/28/24 5:08 PM By Rebekah Alvey
KEYWORDS Agricultural Research Service Animal Welfare Institute Antibiotic Resistance Action Center antibiotics climate-friendly beef Environmental Working Group EWG Food Safety and Inspection Service free range George Washington University grass fed labeling raised without antibiotics regenerative agriculture USDA

USDA has updated its guidance on validating animal-raising and environment-related claims on meat and poultry labeling in response to criticism that companies were making claims without backing them up.


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