Re: USDA Country of Origin Labeling of Fish and Shellfish

From: c_yeung (c_yeung@ameritech.net)
Date: Tue Mar 08 2005 - 07:36:23 PST

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    Dear List,

    Have a question on COOL.

    We are a food manufacturing and USDA inspected plant. We do produce seafood
    products. We purchase seafood from vendor and add addition ingredient on
    seafood. For example: Stuffing cheese on Shrimp (Ready to Cook), Shrimp
    with Sun Dried Tomato Sauce (Ready to Eat product, shrimp cook in plant).
    Products for Restaurant / Hotel (institution use only). NOT FOR RETAIL.

    My qeustion is do I need to declare the following statement on my product
    label.

    a) Labeling of country of original
    b) Labeling Wild or Farm Raised

     Regards,

    Cindy
    Customcraft Food Service

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Pamela Tom" <pdtom@ucdavis.edu>
    To: "Seafood HACCP Mailing List" <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
    Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:21 PM
    Subject: USDA Extends Comment Period for Interim Final Rule for Mandatory
    Country of Origin Labeling of Fish and Shellfish

    > To: Seafood Community
    >
    > On December 27, 2004 the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
    > Marketing Service announced that it is extending the comment period on the
    > interim final rule for the mandatory country of origin labeling program
    > for fish and shellfish. The Jan. 3, 2005, deadline has been extended to
    > Feb. 2, 2005.
    >
    > "We are extending the comment period to ensure that all those wishing to
    > comment have the opportunity to do so," said A.J. Yates, AMS
    > administrator. "We strongly encourage all interested parties to submit
    > comments."
    >
    > The interim final rule was published in the Oct. 5, 2004, Federal
    > Register. Details of the comment period extension will be published in the
    > Dec. 28, 2004, Federal Register.
    >
    > Comments may be sent via e-mail to: cool@usda.gov or sent regular mail
    > to: Country of Origin Labeling Program, Agricultural Marketing Service,
    > 1400 Independence Ave. SW, USDA STOP 0249, Washington DC 20250-0249, no
    > later than Feb. 2, 2005. Copies of the interim final rule and additional
    > information can be found at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/cool/index.htm.
    >
    > Source: AMS News Release (No. 277-04)
    > http://www.ams.usda.gov/news/277-04.htm
    >
    > ==========================================
    > Pamela Tom
    > University of California
    > Sea Grant Extension Program
    > Davis, CA USA
    > Web: Seafood Network Information Center (http://seafood.ucdavis.edu)
    >



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