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The USDA dropped its official grass-fed meat labeling standard in 2016

Yori Gabay · Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash · Oct 2, 2025 · at 36:55

Yori Gabay, founder of Route 22 Meats, explains regulatory challenges in the meat industry to Guy Raz and DoorDash CEO Tony Xu.

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“The USDA dropped that definition in 2016, so essentially you can go to the supermarket, find on the shelf A product that not necessarily meet the standards of grass fed and grass finished.”

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The USDA dropped its official definition and standard for grass-fed meat labeling in 2016.

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The claim is accurate. On January 12, 2016, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) formally published a notice in the Federal Register (81 FR 1386–1387) titled 'Withdrawal of United States Standards for Livestock and Meat Marketing Claims.' This official action withdrew the USDA's voluntary Grass (Forage) Fed Marketing Claim Standard, which had originally been established in 2007, because AMS determined it lacked the statutory authority to maintain standard definitions for food labeling claims.

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Federal Register notice published January 12, 2016 (81 FR 1386–1387) formally withdrawing the Grass (Forage) Fed Marketing Claim Standard effective immediately.
USDA AMS explanatory statement (January 20, 2016) stating that maintaining an official marketing standard definition for grass-fed meat exceeded AMS's statutory authority under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.

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USDA withdrew grass fed standard 2016 Federal Register AMS

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The USDA dropped its official grass-fed meat labeling standard in 2016

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