Link: http://www.mystatesman.com/ap/ap/us/judge-refuses-to-block-new-meat-labeling-rules/nZtqB/
Level: National
Concerning: Families and their food supply.
Category: Meat industry, food policy and safety
Why is this important’/how does this affect
individuals/families? This issue is particularly important because it concerns the
safety and value of the meat industry and the consumers that buy it and serve
the food to their families.
My View:
I
believe that the American public deserves to know more information about the
meat they consume. It does not seem like such a big deal to label the meat with
where it was born, raised, and slaughtered. The fact that the major players in
the meat industry like the president of the American Meat Institute and others
are so outraged about this verdict and are trying to appeal it so heavily leads
me to believe that they are avidly trying to hide some nasty secret about where
they get the meat they are feeding the country with. Granted, putting extra
labels on packaging may become a little costly, but I do not believe that
enforcing mandatory labeling for public safety and piece of mind should be
considered “unconstitutional”. What is unconstitutional is secretly mixing all
different types of meat into sausage or other things and mislabeling it, just
to make extra money. Consumers and families have the right to be informed on
whether their meat is coming from San Antonio or Mexico, and if there is meat
from two different cattle inside their hamburgers. Not only does this
information let the consumer have a piece of mind on what they are putting inside
their bodies, they have the choice to pick where they want their meat to come
from. Hopefully the industries appealing this decision will not prevail and
good food policy can go into effect.
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