Regulatory

In 1906, the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) was passed by the United States congress. FMIA gave the federal government wide-ranging enforcement authority to regulate interstate commerce of meat products. FMIA initiated the regulatory process and events that lead to modern day regulations and labeling for meat products.

MeatTrack.com primary purpose is to provide meat cut identification standards and names used for labeling fresh meat products. MeatTrack.com provides the meat nomenclature and background information applicable to all meat industry segments.

MeatTrack.com is the home for the Uniform Retail Meat Identity Standards (URMIS). URMIS is the long-established industry standard for meat cut names. The Meattrack.com URMIS section has easy to use applications with complete lists of all the approved beef, pork, lamb and veal cut names -
The Institutional Meat Purchase Specification (IMPS) provides the product specifications for wholesale and foodservice cuts for beef, pork, lamb, and veal products. Each IMPS item is uniquely identified with an IMPS number, a description and the related product attributes. MeatTrack.com has a complete section dedicated to IMPS fresh meat standards -
Need to understand labeling for fresh meat products? MeatTrack.com has a complete menu option designated to labeling fresh meat products -

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