House Votes to Postpone Meat Labels in Grocery Stores

AP ^ | AP-ES-06-08-05 2021EDT

[TheOtherOne]

The House voted Wednesday to block the government from requiring labels that would tell shoppers from what country their meat comes.

That just sounds so strange.

[Random Nonsense]

Oh.. a "mad cow flavored steaks" label works for me.

[Redgirl]

It's good to know they're focusing on the vital issues...

[Adiemus]

"-Boost spending on food stamps by 16 percent to $40.7 billion. The Agriculture Department program has grown steadily, both because of RECESSION and unemployment and because the government has signed up people who were not receiving food stamps even though they were eligible. Spending would also grow for school lunches and other nutrition programs."

What recession? Once again, MSM is fudging the news... Big surprise.

[IrishCatholic]

bookmark for later printing about politicians that are bought off.

[elli1]

Rep. Denny Rehberg, a rancher, said Texas cattle producers are fighting the labels because they do not want shoppers to know that the cattlemen buy cheap Mexican calves to fatten and sell in the U.S.

''It's time we send a message to those who are standing in the way, and allow us the opportunity to tell the American consumer: born, raised and processed in America means something,'' said Rehberg, R-Montana.

Steer envy. Especially since the imports from Canuckistan have been halted. BTW, Mexican & Canadian cattle are 'American' cattle.

[Iscool]

If I could find it, I would buy American meet only...Course that's what 'our representatives' are afraid of...

[oceanview]

anything and everything to advance the global trade agenda.

[Dog Gone]

Let's stamp all the produce you buy in January with a country of origin sticker so you can boycott that, too.

[deport]

Let's stamp all the produce you buy in January with a country of origin sticker so you can boycott that, too.

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Let's really take it a step farther and separate out the petroleum products by country of orgin and see how the boycott works.

[TheOtherOne]

If I could find it, I would buy American meet only...Course that's what 'our representatives' are afraid of...

I would too. Last time I was in Hong Kong, I ate at Ruths Chris. Anyway, the waiter announced, sadly, they did not have USDA beef due to mad cow and would I accept Austrailian beef. Of course, being in HK, I was dying for a steak and some wine...so I accepted.

[kms61]

Okay, who voted Against the labeling bill? Newsflash to the GOP: When the multinationals tell you to jump, there's nothing in the Republican Party platform that says you you HAVE to ask, "how high?".

This is just one more drop in the Chinese Water Torture of the American people. At some point there's going to be a backlash, and it won't be pretty.

[Dog Gone]

The horror. Much of it is Mexican!!!

[TheOtherOne]

The horror. Much of it is Mexican!!!

I once heard...

Mexcan beef is to US beef, as Mexcan pot is to US pot.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Let's stamp all the produce you buy in January with a country of origin sticker so you can boycott that, too.

Hmm, there are other reasons than that for knowing country of origin. Here in Florida (don't know about the other states) country of origin is posted with produce.

Which I like, for several reasons. A)I can walk past the grapes from Chile because they are nowhere near as tasty as the CA ones. B) Some countries, like Mexico, are pretty liberal with pesticides and chemicals that might give one pause about purchasing. Or, at least giving the stuff a thorough washing.

Besides, if someone decides they don't want to eat XXX from country yyy because the women are ugly. So what, that's their business. And privilege. Thankfully, we're not yet the EU.

[Dog Gone]

I've found that Mexican beef in Mexico isn't very good, and I'm not qualified on the pot issue.

But if the labeling issue is about whether live calves come in from Mexico and eventually have to be labeled as Mexican after being raised here, that's just stupid.

[Dog Gone]

I guess it's okay to make some generalizations about a country or a region, but none of us have any idea how any produce was raised, whether domestically or abroad. It's a crapshoot no matter what.

[freepatriot32]

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[cherry]

I want to know where my meat comes from and I too would buy only American if I could....guess the wimply congressmen know that and are trying to protect their "friends" who want to sell cheap meat from other countries....

[SoVaDPJ]

Same here. Given the choice between buying American and not, I buy American. Given a choice between certain other countries, there are some I'd prefer to support. If we're going to keep funding the FDA and the Dept of Agriculture, seems like the least they could do.

I'd rather see them both closed.