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Wholesale processed meat products that are resold at farmers' markets are known as "private label" products.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Private Label Magazine |url=http://www.privatelabelmag.com/index.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408104905/http://www.privatelabelmag.com/index.cfm |archive-date=8 April 2011 |access-date= |publisher=EW Williams Publications Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Private Label |url=http://www.klements.com/corporate_customers/private_label.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101175116/http://www.klements.com//corporate_customers/private_label.html |archive-date=1 January 2011 |access-date= |website=Klement's Sausage Company}}</ref> Such products will include a "distributed by/packed for/etc." statement plus a government inspection legend that provides a number that identifies the product's producer. The numbers of critics of private label products are increasing as consumers become aware of poor practices often employed by the products' producers.<ref>{{cite web |last=Westervelt |first=Amy |author-link=Amy Westervelt |date=5 May 2010 |title=Do You Know What's In Your Organic Beef? The TFT Reader Investigation Continues... |url=http://thefastertimes.com/genericfoodsinvestigation/2010/05/05/do-you-know-whats-in-your-organic-beef-the-tft-reader-investigation-continues/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524061323/http://thefastertimes.com/genericfoodsinvestigation/2010/05/05/do-you-know-whats-in-your-organic-beef-the-tft-reader-investigation-continues/ |archive-date=24 May 2010 |access-date= |work=The Faster Times}}</ref>
It is not unusual to find distributors/resellers of processed meat products at farmers' markets because wholesale products allow vendors to minimize their investment by not having to pay for the overhead (knowledge, skills, equipment, supplies, maintenance, food safety inspections, packaging, labeling, etc.) required to produce their own products. A wholesale package of processed meat will bear a label that has a government inspection legend. The inspection legend will usually have an Establishment Number (EST #) that identifies the processing plant that made and packaged the product. Additionally, the package will contain a phrase similar to "distributed by: Steve's Family Meat Company" or "packed/prepared for Steve's Family Meat Company" somewhere on the label. Both the producer (identified by the EST. # in the inspection legend) and distributor/reseller (for example Steve's Family Meat Company) will be identified on the label.
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