USDA Seeks Feedback on Meat-Plant Tech Reporting
Published Date: 7/16/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Agriculture wants your thoughts on a plan to collect info about new food safety technologies in meat, poultry, and egg plants. This helps keep food safe while making it easier for businesses to share new tech ideas. Comments are open until August 17, 2026, and the process aims to reduce paperwork and speed things up without extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
New-technology notification burden
If your meat, poultry, or egg products business notifies FSIS about a new technology, FSIS will collect information to decide if a pre-use review is needed. There are 210 respondents for this collection and a total of 12,800 burden hours; firms may be asked to run in-plant trials and submit a trial protocol.
Nutrition labeling compliance burden
FSIS requires nutrition labeling on major cuts of single-ingredient raw meat and poultry and on all ground or chopped meat and poultry products unless exempt. This information collection lists 76,439 respondent businesses with a total of 67,861 burden hours for compliance.
More nutrition info for shoppers
FSIS requires nutrition labeling on major cuts of single-ingredient raw meat and poultry and on all ground or chopped meat and poultry products so consumers can make better informed nutrition choices when buying these products. The rule is presented for public comment through August 17, 2026.
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