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> From: kathryn marsh <kmarsh@iol.ie>
> To: Greg & Lei Gunthorp <hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com>
> Subject: Re: Mis-labelling livestock in health food stores
> Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 4:51 PM
>
> >
> > If anyone can get federal plant inspection numbers the next time they
are
> >in one of the health food chains I would appreciate it. From what I
have
> >heard they are very reluctant to show customers the boxes with the
federal
> >inspection label. The federal inspection label identifies the plant.
> >Anyone with a list of federal processing plants can identify where
animals
> >came from by looking at the inspection number.
> >
> Greg
>
> are you seriously saying that in the US the consumer doesn't have the
right
> to know who the producer of his meat is? All meat here in Ireland is
> traceable to source - you just ask the store - sometimes they can tell
you
> straight away, sometimes it takes a day or two, but all meat is directly
> traceable to the farm of origin from the consumer packaging - what on
earth
> are american consumers willing to accept?
>
> kathryn
>
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