Year: 2007
Resolution Number: 17
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Robert S. Levine, MD
Sponsor: Robert S. Levine, MD
On behalf of: Oakland County Delegation
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to seek federal regulations to require that any meat sold in the United States that is treated and/or packaged in such a way to retain a fresh red appearance be conspicuously labeled on the front of the package to state: “this meat has been packaged in such a way to maintain a fresh red appearance,” and that “the appearance may falsely indicate the meat is fresh.”
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to seek federal regulations to require that any meat sold in the United States that is treated and/or packaged in such a way to retain a fresh red appearance be conspicuously labeled on the front of the package to state: “this meat has been packaged in such a way to maintain a fresh red appearance,” and that “the appearance may falsely indicate the meat is fresh.”
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Fresh Meat Color Preserving