Comment from Frances Famille

Document ID: FSIS-2008-0027-0007
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Food Safety And Inspection Service
Received Date: September 08 2008, at 07:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: September 9 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: August 28 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: September 29 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 806f828d
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This is comment on Rule

Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Muscle Cuts of Beef (Including Veal), Lamb, Chicken, Goat, and Pork; Ground Beef, Ground Lamb, Ground Chicken, Ground Goat, and Ground Pork

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I have written the Tech. Center concerning Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)on Sept. 02,2008. My question was as follows: Good Morning, I am inquiring how the new labeling regulation applies to beef trim(co-mingled beef trim from different countries). The trim is collected with in a 3-4 day period then sold (raw) to a company for further processing. A large quantity of the meat that the trim is produced from is imported.How does the country of origin labeling affect this type of product? The reply that I received was as follows: Subject Message from Internet User - Country of origin labeling Discussion Thread Response (Robert Berczik) 09/04/2008 01:54 PM My apologies, but there hasn't been any language (policy) in regards to COOL labeling yet. I'll suggest the FSIS website will be the best place to look for the final rule on COOL once it's published. Thank you. I would like to know how this product is to be labeled when this product leaves the establishment as of Sept. 30.2008. I have read the final rule dated 08/28/08 Docket number FSIS-2008-0027 Vol. 73 number 168.