Federal Register: Agricultural Marketing Service Issues Notice, Request for Comments on U.S. Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef
July 08, 2026
July 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comments concerning revisions to the United States Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef. This request for comments stems from an American Wagyu Association petition, which requested that AMS consider adding marbling degrees to the USDA Prime grade for beef to better characterize modern genetics, which are not always differentiated within the current marbling degrees. AMS . . .
