NMPAN webinar: “Meat Labels & Label Claims - what they mean & how they work”

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Time: 9 a.m. to 10:30 PST // 12 p.m. to 1:30 EST
Meat labels can be confusing, for producers, processors, and consumers. On this NMPAN webinar, Tammie Myrick and Jeff Canavan, from the USDA/FSIS Labeling and Program Delivery Division; Janis Hochstetler, from Iowa Meat and Poultry Inspection; and Pam Saunders, with Organic Prairie, will explain the label approval process, voluntary label claims, and the relationship and roles of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service and Food Safety and Inspection Service. To join, at the time of the webinar, go to: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/nichemeat/ and follow directions.