Summary: These former Federal Meat Inspection Act regulations detail the law surrounding labeling, marking, and containing packaged food prior to 2014. Read an Animal Welfare Institute <a href="/administrative/us-livestock-amend-labeling-regulations-under-federal-meat-inspection-act-and-poultry">petition</a> to amend section 317.4 of labeling regulations under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA). The <a href="/administrative/us-meat-inspection-labeling-current">new regulations</a> went into effect in 2014.