A meat and poultry processors' body plans to press the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to allow food firms to use the term "pasteurized" on eligible meat and poultry goods.
The North American Meat Processors Association (NAMP), which represents small- to medium-sized meat and poultry processors through offices in Ottawa and Washington, wrote the CFIA and its U.S. counterpart Monday.
Specifically, CFIA and the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are being asked "to define the term 'pasteurization' as it applies to meat and poultry products, and to allow the use of the term 'pasteurized' on consumer labels."
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