USDA FAQs

Visit http://meatcool.info/FAQ.htm to read the official FAQs on mCOOL as produced by the U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service.

Or, download the PDF version [PDF / 65.23KB].

The FAQs cover the following sections:
  • mCOOL implementation - legislative history and status of rulemaking
  • processed food item definition
  • retail store definition
  • food service establishments
  • country-of-origin notifications
  • marking the country-of-origin designation
  • affidavits
  • meats (beef - including veal, lamb, pork, goat meat and chicken)
  • perishable agricultural commodities
  • peanuts, pecans, macadamia nuts and ginseng
  • recordkeeping