The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has published its response to a petition that sought to revise the regulations for mandatory safe handling instruction (SHI) labeling for raw and partially cooked meat and poultry products. The petition, which was submitted by a Consumer Federation of America representative on behalf of the Safe Food Coalition (SFC) in 2016, has been denied.
The petition specifically requested that FSIS update the regulations to require that the SHI label: