15.11.2014

Perdue Farms announced the company's approach to country-of-origin labeling (COOL) goes beyond federal requirements. COOL requires chicken processors to let consumers know where chickens are hatched, raised and harvested for whole muscle cuts and ground chicken. The rule doesn't include cooked and other further-processed products that may be imported, and food companies aren't required to inform consumers if those further-processed chicken products are in the foods they buy. While the United States government has added China to the growing list of countries approved to export chicken for sale in the United States, Perdue will continue to use only chicken raised on American farms and processed in America for products sold in US.