A deal to adopt the same names for meat cuts for the U.S.
and Canada came into force this week.
It will make it easier to trade, say officials of the United
States Department of Agriculture, but they did not say anything about the
ongoing dispute over Country of Origin labeling regulations that hinder trade.
The agreement applies only to wholesale meat cuts, not
retail.
The Canadian meat classification system uses a
Meat Cuts Manual. The United States uses the Institutional Meat Purchase
Specifications which is a set of voluntary standards maintained by agriculture
department’s Agriculture Marketing Service.
Both countries will now be working with the Institutional
Meat Purchase Specifications.
