Where is the beef …from ???
Can you tell if your beef is a product of America?
By Addy Bink,
In an effort to lower beef prices, President Trump announced last month that thousands of additional tons of beef will be allowed into the U.S.
The deal, Trump said, allows up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported into the U.S. for the next 90 days without activating an “out of quota” tariff, which is a tax that goes into effect once a certain quantity of that product enters the country. The president said on social media that he had committed to ensuring the imported beef would be sold at 25% below current market rates, making it cheaper for American consumers.
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Trump, however, did not specify where the imported beef is coming from, telling reporters in August that "there are a few countries" that will send the "highest quality beef."
That may leave you wondering whether the beef you're buying is American-made or not.
Most of the ground beef made from the imported trimmings will go to food service, specifically fast food restaurants, Dr. Derrell Peel, a professor of agricultural economics and the extension specialist for livestock marketing at Oklahoma State University, told Nexstar via email.
Imported beef generally doesn't appear in grocery stores, "except when it is specifically labeled," Peel added, explaining, as an example, that "beef from Mexico is sold and marketed in some grocery stores specifically for Hispanic markets."
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But beef producers can add a "Product of USA" label to their meat, to differentiate their products. To qualify, the animals the product is derived from must have been "exclusively born, raised, harvested, and processed in the United
