As of January 1, “Product of USA” Finally Means What You Think It Means
January 5, 2026 | Source: Farm Action
As of January 1, 2026, “Product of USA” stopped being a marketing trick and became a real standard. A 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule for meat labeling has gone into effect, closing a policy loophole that let imported meat be labeled “Product of USA.”
That loophole misled shoppers, undercut America’s ranchers, and gave the largest meat corporations another way to cash in.
Farm Action helped force the change.