Decline In Meat Protein Consumption Raises Concern For Public Health

The US Department of Agriculture has proposed revisions to the regulations on nutritional labels for meat and poultry that would bring the sector in line with changes already pushed through by the country's Food and Drug Administration.   Earlier this year, the FDA updated its nutrition regulations to reflect current scientific thinking on dietary recommendations. The FDA does not, however, oversee the fresh meat and poultry sector and the USDA, the department responsible, has now proposed changes that would align its nutrition facts label requirements with the broader food sector.  Specifically, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to provide daily reference values (DRVs) and reference daily intake (RDI) values based on dietary recommendations on-pack. The format and appearance of the nutrition facts label will be amended and the size of a single-serve container will be redefined