date:May 15, 2015
s know how to safely prepare the products. Cooking instructions must specify the minimum internal temperatures and any hold or dwell times for the products to ensure they are fully cooked.
The new labeling requirements become effective in May 2016 or one year from the date of the rules publication in theFederal Register. The F.S.I.S. accelerated the effective date because of the public health significance of the change. The rule would have been effective in 2018 if the agency had waited until th