Country of Origin Labeling - "Produced in the USA" or "Product of the USA" Acceptability

From: Pamela Tom (pdtom@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Fri May 21 2004 - 12:43:59 PDT

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    Hi Anne and Seafood HACCP Mailing List,

    I checked with Ms. Erin Morris (U.S. Department of Agriculture) to find a
    reply for Anne's inquiry on how to label her product. I also asked for
    the status of the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule. Ms. Morris'
    reply is below.

    The USDA COOL web site is at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/cool/ [it is
    temporarily off line at the moment, try it later on today or on Monday.]

    Regards,

    Pamela Tom
    University of California
    Sea Grant Extension Program
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    >From Erin.Morris@usda.gov Fri May 21 12:18:31 2004
    Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:16:54 -0400
    From: "Morris, Erin" <Erin.Morris@usda.gov>
    To: Pamela Tom <pdtom@ucdavis.edu>
    Subject: RE: Question regarding Country of Origin Labeling

    Pamela,

    Thanks for your inquiry on country of origin labeling. With respect to
    the question below, in the example that was provided in which the wild
    fish was harvested and processed in the U.S. and thus meets the
    requirements to be labeled as having a U.S. origin, under the proposed
    rule "product of the U.S." would be acceptable. As far as the final
    rule is concerned, it should be published within the next several months
    and will be posted on our website as soon as it was published.

    I hope you find this information helpful and please feel free to contact
    me again should you have further questions.

    Thanks,

    Erin Morris
    Assistant Branch Chief
    Livestock and Grain Market News
    USDA, AMS, Livestock and Seed
    1400 Independence Ave., SW,
    STOP 0252, Room 2619-S
    Washington, DC 20250 USA
    Phone: 202-720-1749
    E-mail: Erin.morris@usda.gov
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    On Wed, 19 May 2004, Anne wrote:

    > Good Morning,
    > This question is in regard to the country of origin labeling proposal. I was
    > hopeing to find a sample label for wild fish and shellfish but see nothing.
    > If a product is harvested and processed in the US would "Produced in the
    > USA" or " product of the USA" be acceptable that would cover both
    > harvesting and processing? Or do we have to be more specific and use the
    > terms harvested and processed? We have new packaging on hold until we can
    > be sure we have the correct wording to use.
    > Thank you
    > Anne Espedal
    > Bornstein Seafoods
    > Astoria,Or
    >

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