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the origin designation, and to reduce the number of required
characters on the label, the Agency is not requiring the country
of birth to be listed again as a country in which the animal was
also raised. Accordingly, under this final rule, the production
step related to any raising occurring outside the United States
may be omitted from the origin designation of these commodities
(e.g., “Born in Country X, Raised and Slaughtered in the United
States” in lieu of “Born and Raised in Country X, Raised and
Slaughtered in the United States”).
However, in the relatively rare situation where an animal
was born and raised in the United States, raised in another
country (or countries), and then raised and slaughtered in the
United States, the label must indicate all countries which the
production step related to raising occurred. In this rare case,
the label could read “Born and Raised in the United States,
Raised in Country X, Slaughtered in the United States.”
Finally, the origin designation for muscle cut covered
commodities derived from animals imported for immediate
slaughter as defined in §65.180 is required to include
information as to the location of the three production steps.
However, the country of raising for animals imported for
immediate slaughter as defined in §65.180 shall be designated as
the country from which they were imported (e.g., “Born and
Raised in Country X, Slaughtered in the United States”).
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