The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now providing in-store nutrition information for food safety and inspection on ground meat and poultry and for the forty most popular cuts of meat and poultry.

"Consumers are rightfully more interested than they have ever been in what's in their food and what's not in their food, and what they're putting on the table. The protein piece of the meal is often what people plan around and so it's important that people understand what the nutritional value is of that pork chop they're putting on the plate, or the porterhouse steak or whatever they choose that night to serve for their families or serve for their friends," according to Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety.

She said the mandatory labeling and signs are not there to tell consumers what to eat, but what they are eating.

"It's not our job to make decisions for consumers. This is really about giving people the best information so they can make their own best choices about what they want to put on the table."

And she added that she also wants them to keep safe food preparation in mind.