Supermarket News confirms that supermarket retailers were ready when mandatory nutrition labeling for ground or chopped meat and poultry products, and popular cuts of meat, went into effect on March 1. Some retailers were ready with on-pack labels for ground and chopped product and with Point of Sale materials for the other USDA-designated cuts of meat.

John Gerlach, meat buyer and supervisor for the three-unit independent Fitzgerald’s Foods, says – we got our scales system set to provide the NutriFacts panels, but we ran into a little trouble with the size, and getting all the required information on it. Gerlach admitted it was a challenge to pull it all together, but it serves customers who want the information.

Before the new rule, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association conducted pilot studies in which labels on fresh beef contained micro-nutrients as well as other nutrients. In each case, significant sales increases were recorded and customers said they appreciated the informative labeling.

Courtesy: NAFB News