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DATE: THURSDAY, May 6, 1993                   TAG: 9305060244
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

NEW RAW-MEAT LABELS MUST GIVE INSTRUCTIONS

The Agriculture Department said Wednesday it will require labels for raw meat and poultry to explain safe handling and cooking to shoppers.

The department said proposed regulations will be published this summer, no later than Aug. 15.

The regulations are intended to protect consumers against bacteria such as the form of E. coli that caused a fatal outbreak of food poisoning last January in Washington state. Food-safety experts say safe handling and storage is the best way to prevent illness from bacteria in meat and poultry.

Consumer activist Jeremy Rifkin said the agreement "means that thousands of Americans each year will be spared disease and death." 


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