Fresh Meat Color Preserving

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.”

Fiscal Note: NULL

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