‘Slaughtered in the USA’: Labeling rule burns meat industry

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[Sub-Driver]

For crying out loud........

[E. Pluribus Unum]

An "free trade" treaty is anything but.

Free trade is free trade.

A "free trade" treaty is 8,000 pages of EXCEPTIONS to free trade.

[NormsRevenge]

people who love their Jimmy Dean samwiches best stay away from a slaughterhouse tour,, not for the squeamish.. but who knows,, do veggies cry?

[yoe]

If a stamp of “Slaughtered in America” means the meat is not horse meat, I am for it. There has been a rash of food sold in other countries that rather than beef, it is horse meat, or dog. Our FDA takes a dim view of that meat being sold in America.

[sten]

labeling a meat product by where its been birthed/ raised/ slaughtered/ packaged works for me

especially in the days where they are mixing horse (and other) meats into hamburger and sausage.

if you want to be sure, I believe kosher meat is the way to go

[Ray76]

“do veggies cry”

Just because you can’t hear them doesn’t mean they’re not screaming as they are ripped from gaia’s womb. At least animals can move about and have a chance to flee or fight back. Vegans are monsters. /s

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I agree with you except on one item mentioned below. The requirement for the labeling American beef is beyond discussion, debate or different points of view. Period! (Notwithstanding the "Free Trade" fraud.)

Unfortunately, there was recently a big scandal regarding kosher meat-it really was not kosher. The slaughter house was in Iowa I believe.

[sten]

then it should be immediately closed and the owners sued into bankruptcy for fraud

[TigersEye]

Cloward and Piven redux. Kill all free market businesses by overloading with regulations.

[JimSp]

And right on this thread members of this place support such regulations.

[TigersEye]

It's a sophisticated con game where the rope they're slipping around our necks is sold as being for "the greater good."

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Let them eat tofu! We will dispose of those nasty lobsters and Wagyu beef for them.

[The Great RJ]

Another reason why the Dept. of Agriculture should be on the chopping block for budget cuts along with the EPA, GSA and FCC. I’m surprised that the Dept of agriculture isn’t requiring all foods to be halal certified. Just give them time.

[Madame Dufarge]

The Vampire Economy, by Guenter Reimann (1939) is a rare and wonderful thing: a detailed account of how the Nazis crushed the private sector and hamstrung the economy with vast regulations, violations of property rights, inflation, price controls, and taxes.

The Vampire Economy

[rudabaga]

If people are concerned about mixing up beef with horse or whatever, why not just grind your own meat? Labeling doesn’t guarantee anything. I buy locally produced meats from small farms because then I know where it comes from and the meat in the grocery store just looks bad these days. It’s more expensive yes, but if you want cheap food you get what you pay for.

[Gator113]

“Government-wide federal spending cuts known as the sequester are already threatening to hit the meat industry. “

That is all I needed to see, to make me go blind.

I wonder if cougar is any good to eat. A cougar was seen taking off with one of my ducks a few days ago. The local Game cop told me that they make great sausage and pepperoni. ;>)

[Hardastarboard]

Sorta like “Fair Trade” coffee (or fill in the commodity of your choice). Who decides what’s fair? Market plus some percentage? How do I know, or the involved parties know, what’s fair? What a joke.

[Cuttnhorse]

I lived and worked in South America for almost 10-years. I could go into any major super market in Santiago or Lima and have my pick of Argentina beef, (highly over rated), Brazilian, Paraguay, or USA labeled beef.

I have never quite understood why the cattle industry has routinely resisted this? If anything, it would result in more USA-raised beef being sold...what will most people buy; ground round from the USA or from Mexico??

[EBH]

I have indeed seen many of the same reports.

[MestaMachine]

Well. I don’t know about you, but 100% AMERICAN beef is something I would rather have. And the idea that it’s okay to mix American food with food from other countries without your knowledge is unsavory to me.
I would much rather have oranges, tomatoes, and strawberries from MY side of the Rio Grande. Imported foods should SAY they are imported. If I CHOOSE to buy Australian lamb, which I have, then that is my choice.
Why is it more expensive to label foods straight up, rather than have labels that are misleading at best which say “PACKAGED IN THE USA” and never tell you where the stuff came from?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

If people are concerned about mixing up beef with horse or whatever, why not just grind your own meat? Labeling doesn’t guarantee anything.

Very true. In fact, the horsemeat that was sold as beef was labeled as beef; hence the scandal.