The information presented in the following links/pdf's was captured during the week of March 8th, 2010. Please make sure to check with your state to make sure all information is up to date.
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) states that product descriptions should meet the standard U.S. meat nomenclature such as that found in "The Meat Buyers Guide" of the National Association of Meat Purveyors (NAMP), the "Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications" (IMPS) of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), or the "Uniform Retail Meat Identification Standards" manual (URMIS).
