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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRegulators Want To Let Factory Farms Label Their Meat ‘Humanely Raised’
Obama administration regulators have proposed allowing meat and chicken products to be marketed as humanely raised even if the animals in question were subjected to procedures that cause substantial suffering ― including unanesthetized castration, debeaking, dehorning and prolonged extreme confinement.
The proposed guidelines were recently posted by the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the federal agency that regulates how meat and poultry products must be labeled.
The new rules would permit meat producers to use terms like Raised With Care or Humanely Raised on Sustainable Family Farms simply by making up their own definitions for the terms. Each companys definition of humanely raised would be entirely arbitrary, and regulators would perform no inspections to verify any of their animal-welfare claims.
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Regulators Want To Let Factory Farms Label Their Meat ‘Humanely Raised’ (Original Post)
tecelote
Oct 2016
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DetlefK
(16,423 posts)1. "Now with all-natural asbestos!"
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)2. You are what you eat
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)3. How to submit comments on the proposed rule (through December 5)...
Cakes488
(874 posts)4. Thank you...
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)5. Thank you