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Meat industry to reboot labels to help consumers
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| 04-04-13
| J.M. HIRSCH
Posted on 04/04/2013 10:27:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
Edited on 04/04/2013 10:29:15 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Don't know your pork butts from your rump roasts? It may be getting a little easier.
The American meat industry is rolling out a refresh of the often confusing 40-year-old system used for naming the various cuts of beef, pork, lamb and veal. That's because the system -- the Uniform Retail Meat Identification Standards, or URMIS -- was designed more for the needs of retailers and butchers than for the convenience of harried shoppers more familiar with Shake 'n Bake than boneless shank cuts.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Arkansas; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: beef; food; meat; meatcuts; meatindustry; meatrenamed; pork; porkchops; ribeyes; sourcetitlenoturl
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:28:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: Red Badger
They’re gonna have to send me to reeducation camp as no way am I calling pork butt by any other name....
To: Red Badger
Sounds like they've gone hole hog...
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:32:53 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them.)
To: Proud_texan
A Boston Butt is still a Kennedy...........
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:33:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: Red Badger
Maybe the new names will confuse the Moslems, and they'll begin eating pork. (And love it!)
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:33:42 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: Proud_texan
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:35:05 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: Red Badger
It may sound cynical, but usually these "great renamings" are accompanied by a price increase. Your $3.49/pound pork butt will be replaced with a $4.99 Boston roast.
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:35:06 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
To: Red Badger
Bawhahahaha....now that’s funny and clever. Thanks.
To: Red Badger
I think pork should be mis-labeled and sent to Muslim countries....
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:45:47 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: KarlInOhio
Exactly. Those who would resist paying more for plain old bone-in pork chops will find that resistance slipping they encounter the tony-sounding Porterhouse Chop. At least that’s the theory.
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:49:49 AM PDT
by
dorothy
( "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson)
To: Red Badger
to help consumers...........yeah right.
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:51:22 AM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: Red Badger
Porterhouse chop?...otherwise known as a loin chop. Well it is half shell with a piece of the fillet.
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posted on
04/04/2013 11:04:22 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Hurry up Spring!!!!)
To: Red Badger
Can't they just slap one of these on there and check the appropriate box?
To: Red Badger
How long before every pork tenderloin comes with a marriage license attached to the shrink wrap?
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posted on
04/04/2013 11:32:36 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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