Meat safety labels delayed to 2018

Special safety labels won’t be required for mechanically tenderized meat until at least 2018 after the Obama administration failed to finalize the regulation in time for it to take effect earlier. The labeling rule, which will require packages to provide cooking instructions for the meat, had to be finalized by Dec. 31 in order for it to take effect before 2018 under separate requirements of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Read more at Agri-Pulse…