Perdue Farms LLC petitioned the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in March of 2023 requesting that the service conduct a rulemaking process to define separate “free range” and “pasture-raised”
Major players like the Produce Marketing Association, the United Fresh Produce Association, and Western Growers went on record in support of new organic regulations just before an official comment period
Under pressure from Congress, Trump’s USDA wants to take the 2015 origin of livestock rule out for a spin.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) decided to first open