Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "Product of USA"
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Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "Product of USA"
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#2this is a 2-1 state court appeal where the dissenting judge was the senior judge that cited potential state vs federal issues. my take is this is far from any sort of definitive decision.
Re: Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "Product of USA"
#3Lobbying at its finest – an open form of corruption. The system needs an institution controlling these "interest groups". A force that can weigh the millions of dollars they spend to sway decision makers' opinions against "the greater good" (which often turns out to be public health).
The same goes for the unneccessarily prolonged fight against tobacco companies and junk food in schools.
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Re: Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "Product of USA"
#5Lobbying at its finest – an open form of corruption. The system needs an institution controlling these "interest groups". A force that can weigh the millions of dollars they spend to sway decision makers' opinions against "the greater good" (which often turns out to be public health). The same goes for the unneccessarily prolonged fight against tobacco companies and junk food in schools.
Calling food that is 90%+ made in another country a "Product of the USA" is just insulting and I think if there was no money involved in the judges' decision making they'd just call this what it is; deceptive trade practices.
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#6"Beef, designed in California"
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#7More information:
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/10th-circuit-confirmed-...
Re: Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "Product of USA"
#8The actual ruling is here:
https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/0101...
The dissent starts on page 22 of that PDF, it's an interesting read.
"The text, history, and purpose of the FMIA all point toward the same conclusion: Congress could not have intended to authorize outright deception in meat labeling. Plaintiffs invoke state law to challenge precisely this sort of label, alleging that defendants mislead consumers about the origin of their beef products."
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#9In the US, Tic-Tac has zero calories. The same Tic-Tac is advertised in the EU as having "2 calories".
If a pack full of candy, 0.5g (edit) sugar each, can be sold as zero-kcal candy, then what's the fuss with meat labelling? Not lobbied enough?
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#10Will no longer buy American beef, thanks.
It’s amazing how badly this affects the credibility of the USA.