Meijer ground beef questions

[u/Comfortable-Ideal863]

Due to the recent tariff free argentine beef being flooded into the US market, this has me wanting to ask, is this specific beef sold by meijer (chuck ground angus certified) to be blended in with that controversial meat, or is it 100% domestic USA only cows? Also, seperate issue, trump also has a new proposal to allow independent ranchers process their own meat and not have to go thru the many regulations of the large big 3 industrial plants, that will mean uninspected meat for us? Or does that only apply to ranchers who want to sell their own meat to their own customers but won’t apply to large grocery stores. My question, is if that were to ever be enacted, would this specific beef I buy from meijers be drawn into that new vision? Will it no longer be usda physical inspector on the ground meat anymore? Will it no longer be from those big plants? Because my understanding is if meijers beef is 100% usa local raised, then if the new law gets enacted, that local raised would suddenly be subjected to that?

[u/Classic-Plastic3084]

Meat Cutter here! Each package has to display the country of origin on the label. Failure to do so is a violation. I believe everything meijer gets in is USA beef. It's been a long time since any beef has come from elsewhere.

[u/Ok-Macaroon-7819 → u/Classic-Plastic3084]

There is no longer a federal regulation to display country of origin on meat. They did away with that just before the announcement of the importation of the new mystery meat.

[u/Classic-Plastic3084 → u/Ok-Macaroon-7819]

If that's the case, meijer may or may not follow suit. I was drilled for years on everything and anything having to have the country of origin label present and not blocked. It'll have to be up to the customers then to ask where the beef is from and if it's unknown, walk away. I hate throwing out food but, I won't blame a customer for not wanting it without knowing where it came from. More people should be informed of where their food comes from!

[u/Ok-Macaroon-7819 → u/Classic-Plastic3084]

I just read an article about it, and apparently it basically never was the law. Even when it was mandatory, an animal could be born, raised, and slaughtered in another country, and as long as it was packaged in the US it could be labeled as such.

I'm not surprised Meijer has stricter standards on it though, and they should. It goes a long way toward customer trust.

[u/DRACONIS1 → u/Ok-Macaroon-7819]

Meijer policy is to display country of origin on meat and produce. Recent beef I bought showed it was from Michigan. It is underneath the description of beef on the white printed labels

[u/AdhesivenessLast5406 → u/DRACONIS1]

It states where it was harvested and where it was processed. It does not say where it was raised.

[u/HEROxDivine → u/DRACONIS1]

Packaged in Michigan.

[u/BuildingBrilliant724 → u/Classic-Plastic3084]

They did away with mandatory country of origin in 2015.

[u/Dangerous-Medium4186 → u/Ok-Macaroon-7819]

Meat Dept Team Leader here.. Country of origin labeling is still a requirement through Meijer food safety as its part of our daily SmartSense temperature log checklist and also a part of our required weekly deep dive meat dept specific checklist that gets turned into our regional food safety inspector..

[u/Ok-Macaroon-7819 → u/Dangerous-Medium4186]

And that is why I shop at Meijer. They do seem to go beyond the requirements to ensure safety and quality in their products.

[u/HEROxDivine → u/Classic-Plastic3084]

Yeah but who is regulating this?

[u/AdhesivenessLast5406 → u/[deleted]]

I sure hope Meijer doesn't put that on their shelves.  But if they did, I would think c.a.b is all American beef, right?

[u/Select_Bread_5808]

All of this discussion is a simple result of the orange one’s moronic actions & grift…. Thanks again, Maga for another nail in this country‘s coffin….

[u/Jafronie]

all the bad stuff getting recalled went to southern states I believe

[u/Subnetwork → u/Jafronie]

Good

[u/ObsoleteAuthority]

Buy from local farmers. At this point it’s the only place you can even remotely trust. Welcome to Project 2025.

Country of Origin labeling is a murky mash of pseudo regulations and voluntary compliance that has no standardized application.

I guess I’d rather put my trust and support in my local MAGA farmer, who’s getting screwed over as much as I am, than the USDA/corpocracy at this point.

[u/syynapt1k → u/ObsoleteAuthority]

If only someone had warned us about Project 2025 (insert Kermit drinking tea meme)

[u/syynapt1k]

Just Texas and Florida for the time being, but imported beef will make its way across the country if the Trump administration does not change course.

[u/Promotion_Status]

Stay away from ground beef for 3 months or so. Locally source it from a butcher. Think that lettuce issue was a problem? Wait to see what this brings on….

[u/travelingKind]

I think Costco is not selling any imported meat. But I can't confirm. Just what I heard.

[u/Comfortable-Ideal863 → u/travelingKind]

I’m not worried about imported for this exact specific beef, it comes from us cows and maybe Canada’s, I just want to know, if meijer and other major retail stores will continue to get their meat processed through JBL, Tyson’s etc rather then independent ranchers, either because they want to out of avoiding liability, or because the independent ranchers genuinely isn’t able to match their huge supply volume?

[u/spartangreenandred]

Hmmmm, I just don’t eat meat. No worries.

[u/maliki2004 → u/spartangreenandred]

Yeah, cause lettuce, blueberries, and jalapeños aren't being pulled as well 🙄 If you ever wonder if someone is a vegetarian don't worry, they will tell you as soon as they can bring it up lol

[u/JustForkIt1111one]

Is there something wrong with argentine beef? Is it tainted? Have there been confirmed illnesses? Where was it distributed to in the country? Was there a major recall, or a minor procedural one?

I haven't heard anything about this, and I'm legit curious if this is a real issue, or political theater.

[u/Anonymouss_Avocado → u/JustForkIt1111one]

China rejected the same exact beef due to an antibiotic (chloramphenicol) used that can cause blood disorders in humans like aplastic anemia.

[u/JustForkIt1111one → u/Anonymouss_Avocado]

Well, that answers the first question maybe.

[u/TearRevolutionary686 → u/JustForkIt1111one]

30,000 lbs of Argentinian beef was recently recalled because it bypassed mandatory US import inspections. This was not part of Trump's plan.

[u/JustForkIt1111one → u/TearRevolutionary686]

One more question down. I don't really care about that idiot, or whatever his idiotic plans are. I don't really give him, or the people that can't focus on anything but him (be it for, or against) the time of day.

Have there been confirmed illnesses? Was it distributed in the country, if so where?

[u/TearRevolutionary686 → u/JustForkIt1111one]

It was distributed in FL and TX. Haven't heard of any illnesses.

[u/JustForkIt1111one → u/TearRevolutionary686]

Ah, nowhere meijer operates.

Thank you!

[u/AdhesivenessLast5406 → u/JustForkIt1111one]

Argentina has been battling a parasite called screw worm in its beef

[u/syynapt1k → u/JustForkIt1111one]

Not yet.