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Missouri law includes vegetables in definition of garbage feeding
Missourian ^ | July 21, 2011 | Ellen Thommesen

Posted on 08/25/2012 4:58:58 AM PDT by expat1000

COLUMBIA — When Eric and Joanna Reuter of Chert Hollow Farm, 12 miles north of Columbia, decided they wanted to raise and sell pigs this spring, they checked out Missouri laws on feeding.

What they discovered surprised them: It is illegal to feed vegetables to pigs if the animals are going to be sold to consumers in Missouri.

(Excerpt) Read more at columbiamissourian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: amish; oldlaw; pigfood; pigs; vegetables
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To: Balding_Eagle
I myself prefer my chops just barely done, and in that kind of cooking, it’s critical that the food be completely safe when it’s purchased.

I imagine you have a HUGE selection of pork recipes. :-)

And I agree about the ignorance of consumers, too.

Face it, they can't be too awfully smart, or they wouldn't have to have plastic bags printed with 'do not place over head'....right?

LOL!

21 posted on 08/25/2012 7:27:26 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as Created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: MamaTexan
My biggest issue IS the fact you have to 'pay for the track record of safe foods out of your own pocket'.

The meat producers, which naturally includes pork, have a 'checkoff' system wherby a certain dollar amount is deducted from the check the farmer recieves when he sells market hogs.

That money is used for the projects I outlined.

The theory behind that was/is that if the farmer does a good job of policing his own production, the government will keep their mitts off. It's worked very well for many,many decades.

That no long is holding true.

In the end, with the 'help' of government and emotion driven stories such as this, I suspect this guy will get his way. Pork, as a result, will be a little less safe to eat, and the security of government workers a little more safe.

Eventually some disease outbreak will occur, government workers will be the only ones qualified to intervine etc. etc. We all know the drill already.

22 posted on 08/25/2012 7:43:17 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I respect your knowledge and experience, but I’m confused - how could it be harmful to feed pigs fresh vegetables?


23 posted on 08/25/2012 8:25:22 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The couple who were “shocked” to learn that it is illegal to sell vetables to commercial swine

My view is if the pigs have the cash to pay for it, they can buy anything being sold.

24 posted on 08/25/2012 9:54:01 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all - Aristotle)
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To: kabumpo

Long and costly history tells us that everyone has a different definition of ‘fresh vegetables’, and many of those definitions have been deadly.


25 posted on 08/25/2012 10:18:28 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)
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To: freedomfiter2

The article was very unclear, perhaps intentionally so.

I don’t think anybody objects to your taking potatoes out of the ground and feeding them the pigs, as I think the law refers to table scraps only. If the article explained why the family had so many table scraps available, it sure didn’t say.

I used to live in Idaho, where there were massive potato farms. A guy established a feedlot for cattle north of town, and fed them pretty much on potatoes that had spoiled in storage. You would not believe the odor from bovine excrement produced from rotten potatoes. I wonder if there is something similar going on here.


26 posted on 08/25/2012 2:50:23 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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27 posted on 08/25/2012 2:51:19 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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