Earlier on Monday, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack unveiled the finalization of a rule to align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means. That announcement came at the 122nd Annual Meeting of the National Farmers Union. Just a year earlier at their 121st Annual Meeting, the Secretary announced details of the preliminary rule.
On Monday afternoon, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Michael Kelsey provided his reaction to the voluntary labeling plan:
“Secretary Vilsack’s announcement of a final rule defining how the ‘Product of US’ label can be used is welcome news. It makes sense that a volunteer label should have clear definition in order to know when it can or cannot be used. OCA looks forward to studying the final rule and making comment to that end.”
